White Magic, Black Humour: Ella D’Arcy’s Narrative Strategies by Heather Marcovitch

“…Her humorous writing takes the form of satire which depends on a double reading. A straightforward reading of her stories sympathizes with her male protagonists engaging in unsuitable romances and bad marriages. …”
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Gabriele Wohmann, une joyeuse anticonformiste by Benoît Pivert

“…Elles comprennent la satire, l’ironie, la polémique, le comique de situation et de caractère. …”
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A Study of Social Class Conflict in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. by Atukunda, Atubangiire

“…The study highlights how Austen uses satire and irony to address the moral limitations of the class system and to propose a more flexible social order. …”
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LANGUAGE STYLE OF HUMOR ON STAND-UP COMEDY VIDEO by Merry Rullyanti, Nurdianto Nurdianto

“…Chris Rock is known for his insulting comedian, he is also known for using satire and surreal in his joke. Language style has several functions in its uses. …”
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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

“…L’article commence par se porter sur le film de Carbonneaux, pour montrer que le propos du film n’est pas de servir le texte de Voltaire, mais de s’en servir pour livrer une satire aux accents politiques du monde contemporain né de la seconde guerre mondiale. …”
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Response strategies to maintain emotional resonant brand reputations when targeted by user-generated brand parodies by Maritha Pritchard, De la Rey Van der Waldt, David Pieter Conradie

“…As an emerging trend in South Africa, parody accounts using cleverlywritten satire attract a large and loyal following as social media communities enjoy the shared pleasure of sharing funny content and the intense positive emotions felt when making fun of brands that they care about. …”
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Quebec separatism in Canadian utopian fiction and the quest for a postcolonial future by Ralph Pordzik

“…Cet article propose une lecture de The Underdogs (1979), une satire politique de William Weintraub, qui permet de démontrer le sens des fictions moins impliquées dans la poursuite d’allégories englobantes d’une identité nationale que dans la célébration d’une diversité culturelle et sociale propre à un contexte multiculturel. …”
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Le Peire Rogier de Peire d’Alvernhe revisité par l’auteur de Flamenca : Guillem de Nevers, le troubadour au psautier by Katy Bernard

“…It seems that the author of Flamenca had fun fusing the troubadour Peire Rogier into his character in order to have him follow Peire d’Alvernhe’s advice, but redirecting the satire – which was aimed at the troubadour in the song –, towards the religious and, seemingly, courteous society of his novel : he sets up a particularly ingenious game about the symbolism of the psalter and that of the religious man. …”
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Deconstruction of “The Pilgrim’s Progress” by John Bunyan in Kurt Vonnegut’s “Slaughterhouse-Five, or The Children’s Crusade” by Nataliya Krynytska

“…The author emphasizes that historically the jeremiad was a sermon for the salvation of the souls of the flock, because it lamented the current state of affairs in society, called to come to its senses and embark on the path of correction. Despite the satire and absurdity of the world in Slaughterhouse-Five, it contains the features of the jeremiad: “an Elect” is Billy Pilgrim, Vonnegut’s alter ego, “an exodus” is his service in the US Army during World War II, “an errand into the wilderness” is Billy’s move to Europe and participation in the Battle of the Bulge, then his capture, and the punishment of sinners – the Dresden tragedy. …”
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The study of Ironic meaning formation in the conceptual fusion of the allegory of “Inadmissibility of indecent interpretation of the housefly” in spiritual Masnavi, based on the th... by Sima Rahimi, Hasan Zolfaghari, Nasrin Faghih Malek Marzban, Hosienali Ghobadi

“…Irony is an expression style which is based on creating surprisal or satire through binary opposition and contrast between two meanings or situations. …”
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Portrayal of Men in Damilare Kuku Nearly all Men in Lagos. by Arineitwe, Bridget

“…The novel critiques dominant masculine norms prevalent in Nigerian society, particularly those that dictate behavior, success, and emotional expression among men. Kuku uses humor and satire to expose the absurdity of these stereotypes while simultaneously illustrating how they constrain men’s lives. …”
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‘Queer Reverence’: Aubrey Beardsley’s Venus and Tannhäuser by Nicole Fluhr

“…Critics have read the text as an autobiographical reckoning with mortality; as authorial wish-fulfillment; as a self-reflexive satire of Decadence; as an exposé of excess; as a ‘decadent counterpublic’ that critiques nationalism; and as a parodic rewriting of Wagner that seeks to undercut his political and aesthetic legacies. …”
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Fálétí’s Philosophical Sensibility by Adeshina Afolayan

“…(1978), a contemporary satire on a corrupt big man; and Kólá Akínlàdé, prolific author of well-crafted detective stories such as Ta ló pa Ọmọ Ọba? …”
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“Nay ’tis in grain, I warrant it hold colour”: The Materiality of Black in Middleton’s Black Book by Chantal SCHÜTZ

“…Starting with the satirical Microcynicon and flourishing in the self-referential Black Book, Thomas Middleton’s obsession with black, the colour of ink and atrabile, pervades his non-dramatic texts but also his plays, both tragic and comic. …”
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Vers une nouvelle édition des poèmes de Serlon de Bayeux by Marie-Agnès Lucas-Avenel, Edoardo D’Angelo

“…Wright, The Anglo-Latin Satirical Poets and Epigrammatists of the Twelfth Century (1872), which contains textual problems; we can add the articles of André Boutemy (1938) and of Rolf Lenzen (1990).   …”
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Perlocutions of 2024 Indonesian General Election: A Cyberpragmatics Perspective by Nur Lailiyah

“…This study yields the following findings regarding the perlocutions of the 2024 elections: (1) emphasizing sentiments (directly); (2) emphasizing sentiments (indirectly); (3) building misconceptions; (4) determining choices; (5) determining choices (accompanied by invective); (6) displaying neutrality; (7) satirizing (authorities); (8) satirizing (individuals); and (9) fostering turbulence.…”
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Gênero em desafio: das trobairitz provençais às repentistas nordestinas by Luciana Eleonora de Freitas Calado Deplagne

“…Thus, we try to identify the dialogue between the matches of women repentistas and the dialogued medieval songs – the tensons of the provençal trobairitz and the satirical verses of the women poets from the Al-andalus. …”
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‘I roll my cigarette, and cycle to my club’: Playing with Stereotypes and Subverting Anti-Feminism in New Woman Writers’ Contributions to Punch by Katy Birch

“…Critical studies of the representation of the New Woman in Punch tend to focus on its misogynistic depictions of a ‘nagging New Woman [who] can never be quiet’ (26 May 1894, 252), but alongside these satires on the New Woman were pieces by female authors, some of whom could be described as New Women themselves. …”
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Ramazan Kayalar’ın Anısına by Selahattin Öztürk

“…Bu yazı aramızdan ayrılandeğerli ağabeyim Ramazan Kayalar’ı hatırlatacak sadece birkaç satır, oysa gerisi, evet ya gerisinianlatabilmek mümkün mü? …”
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B. P. Hasdeu – portretul unui cărturar „generalist” by Stancu Ilin

“…He founded many publications with politic, literary and satiric profile. He is the first in Romanian culture who wrote a book chronicle and a study of comparative literature. …”
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