Потенциал иронии в творчестве Людмилы Петрушевской (на примере романа Нас украли. История преступлений)... by Юлия Брюханова

“…It is important that the ironic principle manifests itself not only as an artistic technique but also as a philosophical aspect. …”
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La figure de la comparaison chez Flaubert by Nathalie Petibon

“…The evidence shows that, for Flaubert, comparisons constitute both an ironic perspective and a poetic frame.…”
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О жанровом своеобразии „Современной идиллии” Михаила Салтыкова-Щедрина by Mark Sokolanskij

“…Special attention is paid to the traditions of a cervantesian type of novel in the book, the ironic code in the title and narration, real objects of bitter political satire, a great number of literary quotations, reminiscences and so on. …”
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Cross-Cultural Baedeker: Mina Loy’s Cosmopolitan Modernism by Yasna BOZHKOVA

“…It suggests that many of Loy’s writings are ironically positioned as a Baedeker guide to cross-cultural differences as well as to the transnational artistic phenomena of her times.…”
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Ironie et communauté (L’Éducation sentimentale) by Boris Lyon-Caen

“…As delicate as it may be, a stylistics of ironic enunciation must thus be undertaken : the present contribution would like to invite to it...…”
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Des artefacts ironiques ? Relectures de La Possibilité d’une île de Michel Houellebecq by Simon Bréan

“…This paper studies how Michel Houellebecq uses these artefacts to establish, then destabilize his novel’s admissibility, in order to have the reader look into a real form of immortality in the present rather than in the future, in an approach both ironical and respectful toward science fiction.…”
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Superstudio 1966-1973: From the World Without Objects to the Universal Grid by Fernando Quesada

“…The Italian group of architects Superstudio entered the architectural scene in 1966 with the exhibition Superarchitecture, an ironical commentary on cornucopia and the consumption of design objects. …”
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Mettre en perspective la frontière, depuis la frontière : le cas de Made in Tijuana (2004) et Tijuanologías (2006) d’Heriberto Yépez by Anais Fabriol

“…Published at the beginning of the xxith century, as a collection of short essays previously displayed on blogs and magazines, Made in Tijuana (2005) and Tijuanologías (2006), written by Mexican author Heriberto Yépez, reflect on a new definition of the border and its dealings with culture, using a critical and ironic perspective. In the light of these texts, the article reflects on how an author claiming to be a bordersman lays the foundations for a study of Mexico’s northern border as an object of cultural and literary study.…”
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Рунглийский язык и автоответчик: приемы комического в рассказах Юрия Дружникова by Galina Niefagina

“…Yuri Druzhnikov belongs to the ironic-realistic trend in the prose of the 20th–21st century. …”
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Nancy w Krainie Wieprzy. Kilka uwag o "Co?" Romana Polańskiego i recepcji filmu we Włoszech by Katarzyna Skórska

“…Despite not very favorable general reception immediately after the premiere and later in time, the film was appreciated by Italian critics who admired its intertextual values, self-citations and references to Italian cinema, such as ironic allusions to commedia all’italiana, or Federico Fellini’s works and oneiric atmosphere. …”
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The implications of non-authentic questions in Galatians by P. Verster

“…Questions used in Galatians include statements, empty statements, emphatic rhetorical interrogatives, ironical interrogatives and appeal questions. Paul often violates the rule of politeness in order to emphasise his point. …”
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Edith Wharton, Translator by Virginia Ricard

“…But by the early 1920s she began to be seen as the author of American novels, perhaps even the author of what she herself ironically called “the Great American Novel.”…”
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Ana y el Rey o las virtudes de la elipsis en Crónica sentimental de la transición, de Manuel Vázquez Montalbán by Georges Tyras

“…Crónica sentimental de la transición, by Manuel Vasquez Montalban, is characterized by its sustained ironical tonality and by its use of typical literary formal resources. …”
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The Mirror, the Self(ie) and the New Sacred. Bodies, Objects, and Figures of the Contemporary "Cult of the Self" by Simona Stano

“…More specifically, it draws on the analysis of the fictional case of Ionismo, ironically represented by director Alessandro Aronadio in the movie Just Believe (orig. …”
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'Sanctifying Sex': Exploring 'Indecent' Sexual Imagery in Pentecostal Liturgical Practices by Sarojini Nadar, Johnathan Jodamus

“…While particular sexual discourses may be constructed as indecent and contaminated as 'sin', liturgical and deliverance practices ironically signify erotic relationships between the divine and the believer. …”
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Immigrants italiens et frontière américaine : Pioneers ! Ο pioneers ! by Marie-Christine Michaud

“…They were pulled there by the myth of liberty, and also by job opportunities in mines, on the construction of the railroad and on farms. Ironically, these Italians acquired a new identity based on their adaptation to the environment. …”
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« The Church-Builder » et « The Chapel-Organist » : l'écriture poétique de Thomas Hardy du monologue dramatique au « théâtre de la voix » by Laurence Estanove

“…The poems do not follow the traditional narrative and subjective lines of the Victorian genre, but work towards an ironic rewriting of it, as for the two speakers self-assertion relies on literal self-dramatisation, and paradoxically involves self-destruction. …”
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Étrange ou ennemi ? Typologie de l’étranger, construction identitaire et circonvolutions du discours dans l’Angleterre des XVIe et XVIIe siècles by Michèle Vignaux

“…It concludes that the one unbridgeable chasm was with perpetual enemies, that is with infidels, rather than with strangers as such. Ironically, the monstrosities of Mandevillian lore resurfaced with the discovery of the “fourth continent” when in the face of economic “necessity” Christian discourse was trapped into labelling as monstrous, and denying humanity to, those strangers who were to be used as slaves.…”
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“The Weather [to]Day”: Overexposure To and Of the Media in Kenneth Goldsmith’s Work by Hélène Aji

“…This paper interrogates the denial of originality which in actuality initiates a highly original (and ironic) poetic practice.…”
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Une mise en cause du contrôle des « nomades » (Tsiganes) relatif à la loi du 16 juillet 1912 : résistances et détournements by Emmanuel Filhol

“…They consisted for instance in the non-renewal of anthropometric notebooks, in the concealment of their license plates, or in critical and ironic comments. This article will also address the issue of whether, within the public authorities, those in charge of application of this legislation were critical of it and contributed to limiting excess.…”
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