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Satyra jako praktyka dyskursywna
Satire as a Discursive Practice

Author(s): Elżbieta Sidoruk
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: satire; humour; irony; discourse; discursive practice

Summary/Abstract: The article constitutes an analysis of the concept of satire as a discursive practice proposed by Paul Simpson. What the author considers the main forte of Simpson's model is its definition of the nature of satire without references to the categories of “satirical intent” and the “ideology” of the satirist. The author claims that such an approach allows a new perspective on the way literary satire is perceived.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 241-248
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Polish