This study investigates the prosimetric style of a renowned contribution to Arabic narrative, the Maqamat of Badi' al-zaman al-Hamadh ani (358–398/969–1008). Al-Hamadh ani's Maqam at corpus contains fifty-two short tales that are centered on the words and deeds of a fictitious b…
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The Novellino of Masuccio Salernitano has long been known for its author's predilection for particularly gruesome scenes of violent humor and horror. Nevertheless, the precise targets of Masuccio's satire have often been overlooked and his specific style of grotesque narration h…
This dissertation is a literary examination of the Israelite request for kingship in 1 Samuel 8 with satire in view as its genre. Chapter 1 begins by introducing the problem and shows how scholars have interpreted 1 Samuel 8 and the initiation of Israelite kingship through time.…
The thesis examines the cultural and political significance of the formal and stylisticstrategies in the work of Jonathan Swift; particularly the early prose satire A Tale of aTub. Given his Irish origins and the largely colonial basis of England's relationshipwith Ireland, Swif…
This thesis is about the construction of 'satire' as an exclusive practice among the Cefalonian and hence proposes the term satiricity (satirikotita). It explores the construction of the category of the Cefalonian "madman" by means of dialogics between performance and evaluation…
This research investigates how visual arts are used to engage dictatorial and ineffectual governments. It examines the traditional and contemporary manifestations of parody of power in Yoruba art from the pre-colonial to the postcolonial period of Nigerian history. It argues tha…
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…
The period between South Africa’s unification in 1910 and its departure from the British Commonwealth in 1961 was a momentous period of social change whereby South Africans of diverse racial, cultural and linguistic backgrounds strove with varying degrees of success to realize t…
Satire has many effects on its audience, from callous laughter at politicians to seriously thinking about the experienced social and political reality. This thesis explores satire’s effects on those who watch Kukly, a famously banned political satire show in Russia that is only …
“It Girls and Old Maids: Satiric Wit and the Single Woman in the Anglo-American Novel (1918–1958)” argues for a feminist reconsideration of strategic humor in popular women’s novels. Spanning the decades between the first successful suffrage laws in Britain and the United States…
Animals were integral to conceptions of human identity and society in the long eighteenth century. English satirists employed human-animal associations in their undermining and subversion of authority, and wielded animal symbolism as a tool for both praise and vilification. Prog…
This dissertation examines how several genres of American comedy represented issues relating to the women’s and gay liberation movements during the 1970s and 1980s. Television comedy writers, cartoonists, and stand-up performers responded to feminism, changing gender roles, and …
Don’t Get Me Started About the Water analyzes the food in the dinner of Juvenal’s fifth satire from the perspective of Roman foodways in the first and second centuries. This analysis provides a surprising conclusion: although the guest and host are served dishes differing vastly…
Mikhail Bulgakov’s mystifying relationship with the Soviet government, and with Joseph Stalin in particular, has long been understood to be a result of the dictator’s aesthetic appreciation for the writer’s early work. In an era defined by Stalin’s Great Terror, Bulgakov escaped…
The band Chastity Belt’s visual image is consistent with its lyrical content in that they challenge feminine stereotypes through a satirical approach not commonly seen in popular music. I employ a visual social semiotic analysis to investigate the meaning potentials that emerge …