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- Title
DARK HUMOUR AND SOCIAL SATIRE IN JONATHAN COE'S WHAT A CARVE UP!
- Authors
ŢACU, ANDREEA DANIELA
- Abstract
Literary critics have tried to establish a clear boundary between humour and satire, since the two concepts are used interchangeably. What mostly differentiates satire from everyday laughter is its instructive feature, because unwise derision cannot serve as the basis for satire. This paper aims to analyse the effects of dark humour and satire in depicting contemporary Britain, focusing on Jonathan Coe's political novel What a Carve Up! In the novel, the instances of humour can be subsumed under more than one label. Comedy can be seen as a remedy for pain, but in essence it has a greater purpose: to reform the society by exposing human limitations.
- Subjects
CRITICS; BLACK humor; WHAT a Carve Up! (Book); COE, Jonathan, 1961-; RIDICULE in literature
- Publication
BAS - British & American Studies, 2019, Vol 25, p107
- ISSN
1224-3086
- Publication type
Article