Ironia, mejoza i hiperbola
Irony, Meiosis and Hyperbole
Author(s): Raoul Schrott, Arthur JakobsContributor(s): Beata Kołodziejczyk-Mróz (Translator), Piotr Majcher (Translator)
Subject(s): Psycholinguistics, Cognitive linguistics, Rhetoric
Published by: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne
Keywords: irony; meiosis; hyperbole; ambiguity;
Summary/Abstract: The subject of the translated article is irony understood as one of the formative elements of human speech. The author discusses the etymology of this idea, referring primarily to its definition formulated by Socrates, showing its relations with sarcasm, cynicism, meiosis and hyperbole. In terms of content, irony also has a moral element, since it is a challenge to traditional ideas, beliefs or shared cultural references. Irony is also a stylistic convention of poetics, helping to portray in literature what is paradoxical and ambiguous.
Journal: Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literacka
- Issue Year: 2018
- Issue No: 34
- Page Range: 245-264
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish