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Using counterfactuals to display facts – the case of satirical humor

ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)
Satire has not been given the humorologists’ attention to an extent that would do justice to the amount of humor satire actually holds. Therefore, the intention of this paper is to shed light on satire as humorous discourse, with an emphasis on ...
Adi Maslo
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Mimicking power

The European Journal of Humour Research
This article explores performances of satire as a form of journalism in Zimbabwe by analysing performances by satirists who mimic to mock journalistic conventions and political authorities.
Florence Zivaishe Madenga
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APLIFIKASI ISLAM DALAM MEME “MENGAJAK NIKAH KE KUA”

El Harakah, 2016
The participation of social media users in online communication also encouraging the spread of the phenomenon of marriage in society including the reasons that sound cliche appears that  a satire and sarcasm meme of ”Mengajak Nikah ke KUA” appeared and ...
Rulli Nasrullah
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The Liberalization Process of Satire in Postauthoritarian Democracies: Potentials and Limits in Mexico’s Network Television

International Journal of Communication, 2021
The potential of television satire, an important means of denunciation of abuses of power and incompetence by politicians, can be limited in post-authoritarian democracies, where previous arrangements between political elites and media may hinder what ...
Martín Echeverría, Frida V. Rodelo
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Mainstreaming and Weaponizing Satire in Nigerian Journalism Practice

Journalism and Media
Satire has gained increased scholarly traction across journalism and related fields. The genre increases the entertainment value of journalism and broadens its appeal.
Jude Nwakpoke Ogbodo, Emmanuel Chike Onwe, Blessing Ewa-Ibe, Emem Oshionebo   +3 more
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A Comparative Study of Satire in English Neo-classical Age and Persian Constitutionalist Era through Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal and Ali-Akbar Dehkhodā’s Dorūs Al-Ashyā [PDF]

مطالعات بین‌رشته‌ای ادبیات، هنر و علوم انسانی
Both English and Persian satires have proved their enormous potentials in reflecting historical events and voicing social criticism. Despite differences in their origins, the nature and the ends of the satires have been the same, aiming at reformation of
Moslem Zolfagharkhani, Mahmood Reza Ghorban Sabbagh   +1 more
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The dominant rhetorical elements in the satirical Khorus Lari's Divan [PDF]

متن شناسی ادب فارسی, 2009
Satire which consists in critical innuendos to social viles and evils without direct derision aims at righting the wrongs and improving human frailties.
A.A Bagheri Khalili
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The Poetics of Satire: The Poetics of Satire

Revista de Estudos Literários, 2017
La satire mêle parole et violence, violence de l’indignation, violence durire. Elle naît d’un décalage, devenu insupportable, entre l’idéal et le réel.Elle convertit en émotion littéraire tout ce qui, dans le spectacle de la vie aujour le jour, suscite de la contrariété et du déplaisir, apparaît comme ridiculeou scandaleux.
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Philosophers on Stage: From Aristophanes’ Socrates to Timon of Phlius’ Parody to Construct a New Philosophy

Revista de Filosofia Antiga
. This article aims to illustrate some intersections between Greek philosophical satire and ancient Greek philosophy by discussing the Pyrrhonian satire of Timon of Phlius against the philosophy of Socrates and his followers.
Giovanni Taglialatela
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Elementos ficcionales en la sátira de las ciudades

Revista de Filología Románica, 2009
The satire of cities has its own elements of fiction. Not only because satire has an unstable nature but also this literary genre was a traditional kind of text and moreover, a traditional class of rhetorical genre: demonstrative. I will mainly attend in
Felipe González Alcázar
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