“For mine is the bitter, the ale and the lager”: Parodic prayer and the spirituality of humour by A. Houck

“…This article reviews that history, showing that medieval parodic prayers arose from within the Church and often expressed ethical concerns through satire. They could also go further, speaking to the relationship with God that is at the heart of Christian spirituality. …”
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Barrès contre Ruskin by Jessica Desclaux

“…However Barrès resisted Ruskin’s ideas, due to his interest in the Italian Renaissance, to his greater affinity with the tastes and sensibility of Walter Pater and of Stendhal, and also maybe as a reaction to fashion, as his satire of Ruskin’s pilgrims shows. To respond to Ruskin, he didn’t write a theoretical essay on art, but he inserted in novel or travel writing short polemical meditations. …”
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Komischer Diskurs: kognitiv und kulturbedingt by Oksana Zubach

“…A significant subject in the broad field of discourse was and still is the area of the comic (humor, jokes, satire). The article accepts relevant criteria (sociological, psycholinguistic, communicative, pragmatic, gender-sensitive, etc.) that reflect the expression of humorous elements in the German language and culture. …”
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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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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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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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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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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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Du blanc au gris, du gris au noir : les métamorphoses de Goya by Maud Le Guellec

“…Between rural settings and royal portraits, social satires and nightmarish scenes, it is impossible to grasp the abundant work of a multi-faceted Goya in a single glance. …”
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Dog-type : amours de chiens, chiennes d’images et types ordinaires dans le daguerréotype américain by François Brunet

“…I conclude with a lexicological and contextual analysis of the phrase “dog-type” and its various possible meanings, whether satirical or not.…”
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« Un néant follement attifé » : macabre et grotesque dans Mesure pour Mesure by Sophie Chiari

“…In an anamorphic play such as Measure for Measure, the grotesque is endowed with a strong satirical power, and its close relation to the macabre makes it even stronger. …”
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Dickens Today by Marianne Camus

“…It also looks at the alternatives, such as the dream of a return to a golden age, or the relief given by satirical laughter, both signs of helplessness against the power of money, even if Dickens’s novels always end with the righteous being rewarded.…”
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Faire mémoire par le trait ou les tribulations latino-américaines de Charlie by Frédérique Langue

“…In an adverse context for freedom of thought in the so called public sphere (both in Europe and Latin America), this essay explores the sense that is supposed to have from Latin America one of the "recent disasters" of present times, as was the attack against the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in January 2015. …”
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Biblical Intertextuality in Ferran de Pol by Josep V. Garcia Raffi, Xavier Garcia Raffi

“…Ferran de Pol’s rewriting of the Bible has multiple and heterogeneous functions: in some cases it acts as the central axis of a specific work, in others it has compositional, rhetorical, satirical, conceptual or parodic functions. …”
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Siyasal Meşruiyetin Sağlanmasında Medyanın Rolü Üzerine Bir Değerlendirme by Mehmet Emin Satır

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