Kierkegaard's concept of irony
La presente tesis aborda el papel del humor y de la ironía en la filosofía, no solo como armas retóricas que los más importantes autores de nuestra tradición han empleado, sino también como elemento esencial de una tradición llamada “ironista” defendida por el filósofo norteamer…
The present project pursues how the nineteenth-century practice of adapting well known stage plays, often constituted a willful misreading of an original text. A surprising yet paradigmatic case in point is Heinrich von Kleist’s (1777-1811) “great historical chivalric drama,” Da…
This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought …
This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought …
This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought …
This book offers fresh perspectives on untruthfulness entailed in various forms of irony, deception and humour, which have so far constituted independent foci of linguistic and philosophical investigation. These three distinct (albeit sometimes co-occurring) notions are brought …
This dissertation examines the role of humor in contemporary South Asian and African postcolonial literature, arguing that humor opens new spaces for historically marginalized individuals to be heard. I argue that in addition to its unique capacities to question and rebel agains…
This study explores humor, irony, and satire in the wake of the September 11th attacks, and in relation to nationalist, conservative, and racialized ideologies in the United States. Employing a case study approach, the dissertation analyzes a range of media texts spanning the de…