"Laughable word" in the book by A. S. Griboyedov "Woe from wit" (an integrative approach to the work of art in higher education institution)

The article deals with the features of the "laughable word" germane to the literary genre of a comedy. The author explains that the "laughable word" is one of the characteristic features in Griboyedov's artistic manner of writing. The "laughable word" is treated as a means and a condition for an adequate reader's understanding of the author's conception. Use of the Bakhtin's category of the "laughable word" allows to implement an integrative approach to the study of the comedy "Woe from wit" at an institution of higher leaning.