La definición gráfica de la prensa española del siglo XIX: caricatura y análisis visual by Rebeca Viguera Ruiz

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Using counterfactuals to display facts – the case of satirical humor by Maslo Adi

“…Interestingly enough, counterfactuals oppose the actual state of affairs; rhetorically however, they show potential to reveal the truth. Political satire is an area of conflict between truth and falsehood which is exactly why this type of satire is discussed in this paper. …”
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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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Satire in the linguistic features of Ahmed Matar's and rhetorical elements of Abolghasem Halat's poetry by Mohammad Amin Ehsani Estahbanati, Enayatollah Sharifpour, Mohammad Reza Sarfi

“…In humorous/satiric texts, not only is the study of the semantic level and the codes effective in understanding the meaning, but also the attention to the main sources, i.e. the sociology behind the humorous language of the work as a preface, is essential in recognizing the rhetorical and linguistic layers and their implications. Socio-political satire is one of the most important tools for retelling the facts of a society in symbolic and coded language. …”
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Éloge de l’inauthenticité: le dix-huitième siècle à l’écran, autour de 'Barry Lyndon' de Stanley Kubrick by Alexis Tadié

“…The essay begins with Carbonneaux’s film, and I show that the director aims not to serve Voltaire’s text but rather to deploy it in a political satire of the postwar contemporary world. He treats the eighteenth century less as an end point than as a common culture on which to base certain aesthetic preconceptions. …”
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