CASTIGAT RIDENDO MORES - ANALYSE DE L’HUMOUR NOIR DE LA PRESSE ROUMAINE SUR NOS POLITICIENS PENDANT LA QUATRIÈME VAGUE PANDÉMIQUE
CASTIGAT RIDENDO MORES - ANALYSE DE L’HUMOUR NOIR DE LA PRESSE ROUMAINE SUR NOS POLITICIENS PENDANT LA QUATRIÈME VAGUE PANDÉMIQUE

Summary/Abstract: A protean genre, difficult to frame and analyse, humor manifests itself, among others, in laughter, an expression of a feeling of fun and gaiety. Apart from its obvious social function, laughter also performs an educational and cathartic function, as long as by mocking at the faults of others, one corrects them. Based on a series of articles published between September-November 2021 by some Romanian daily newspapers, we review some forms of derision and humor in relation to Romanian politicians, including puns, cultural allusions, malicious nicknames and coinages. The working hypothesis is that laughing at the political power, whatever its form (mockery, irony, black humor, sarcasm, pamphlet, etc.) is a sort of protest, of virulent criticism of political decisions of the moment and that, despite the political, health and energy crisis that our country is going through, the Romanians have not lost their sense of humour.

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