On the discourse of satire : towards a stylistic model of satirical humor / Paul Simpson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Simpson, Paul, 1959-

Series:

Linguistic approaches to literature ; v. 2.

Linguistic approaches to literature ; v. 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis, Literary.

Satire--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Satire.

Physical Description:

256 p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book advances a model for the analysis of contemporary satirical humour. Combining a range of theoretical frameworks in stylistics, pragmatics and discourse analysis, Simpson examines both the methods of textual composition and the strategies of interpretation for satire. Verbal irony is central to the model, in respect of which Simpson isolates three principal "ironic phases" that shape the uptake of satirical humour. Throughout the book, consistent emphasis is placed on satire's status as a culturally situated discursive practice, while the categories of the model proposed are amply illustrated with textual examples. A notable feature of the book is a chapter on the legal implications of using satirical humour as a weapon of attack in the public domain.A book where Jonathan Swift meets Private Eye magazine, this entertaining and thought-provoking study will interest those working in stylistics, humorology, pragmatics and discourse analysis. It also has relevance for forensic discourse analysis, and for media, literary and cultural studies.

Contents:

On the Discourse of Satire

Editorial page

Title page

LCC page

Table of contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of figures

1. Introduction

1.1. Satire as humorous discourse

1.2. The model: In brief, and in abstract

1.3. About this book

2. Linguistic approaches to humour

2.1. Introduction

2.2. Linguistic approaches to humour

2.3. The Semantic Script Theory of Humour

2.4. The General Theory of Verbal Humour and beyond

2.5. Review and conclusions

3. Literary-critical approaches to satirical humour

3.1. Introduction

3.2. Literary-critical approaches to satirical humour

3.3. Problems and issues in literary-critical approaches

3.4. Summary and extension

4. Satire as discourse

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Satire as a discursive practice

4.3. Satire as irony within irony

4.4. Satire, irony, discourse: Applying the model of analysis

4.5. Summary and conclusions

5. Ways of doing satire

5.1. Introduction

5.2. Theoretical preliminaries: Satire, parody and irony

5.3. Metonymic and metaphoric satirical method

5.4. Conclusions

6. Satirical uptake

6.1. Introduction

6.2. A model for satirical uptake: Habermas and ``universal pragmatics''

6.3. Validity claims and satirical uptake

6.4. Summary

7. When satire goes wrong

7.1. Introduction

7.2. Developing a case study: Alan Clark vs. the Evening Standard

7.3. Analysis, overview and commentary

7.4. Extension and summary

8. Analysing satire as discourse

8.1. Overview

8.2. Extension

8.3. Development

References

Subject index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9786612254826

9789027295996

9027295999

9789027233332

9027233330

9781282254824

1282254820

9781423772224

1423772229

OCLC:

55664406