15.318, Books: Discourse Analysis/Ling & Literature: Simpson

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Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:06:52 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul <paul at benjamins.com>
Subject:  On the Discourse of Satire: Simpson

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Date:  Wed, 28 Jan 2004 10:06:52 -0500 (EST)
From:  paul <paul at benjamins.com>
Subject:  On the Discourse of Satire: Simpson

Title: On the Discourse of Satire
Subtitle: Towards a stylistic model of satirical humour
Series Title: Linguistic Approaches to Literature 2

Publication Year: 2004
Publisher:	John Benjamins
		http://www.benjamins.com/
		http://www.benjamins.nl		

Book URL: http://www.benjamins.nl/cgi-bin/t_bookview.cgi?bookid=LAL_2

Author: Paul Simpson, Queen's University Belfast

Hardback: ISBN: 1588114392, Pages: xiv, 242 pp., Price: USD 114.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9027233330, Pages: xiv, 242 pp., Price: EUR 95.00
Paperback: ISBN: 1588114406, Pages: xiv, 242 pp., Price: USD 39.95
Paperback: ISBN: 9027233349, Pages: xiv, 242 pp., Price: EUR 33.00

Abstract:

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.

Table of contents

Preface  vii
Acknowledgements  xi
List of figures  xiii
1. Introduction  1
2. Linguistic approaches to humour  15
3. Literary-critical approaches to satirical humour  47
4. Satire as discourse  69
5. Ways of doing satire  111
6. Satirical uptake  153
7. When satire goes wrong  187
8. Analysing satire as discourse  211
References  221

Lingfield(s):	Discourse Analysis
		Ling & Literature 			

Written In:	English (Language Code: ENG)

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