Abstract
The study deals with the main features of Vladimír Borecký's general theory of the comic. First, it introduces Borecký's conception of the structuring features of the comic.
It then examines the specificity of the main configurations of the comic that Borecký discusses, i.e. naivety, irony, humour, and absurdity. The study highlights Borecký's conception of the position of these configurations in the ontogenetic development of the individual and in cultural development.
The study also compares Borecký's thoughts with the conceptions of other theorists of the comic. On the one hand, with James Sully's genetic and pluralistic conception of laughter and the comic, and on the other hand, with Louis Cazamian's conception of humour.
In conclusion, the study shows that in both Borecký's and Cazamian's reflections one can trace a tendency to conceive of absurdity as the ultimate manifestation of the comic.