DARK HUMOUR AND SOCIAL SATIRE IN JONATHAN COE'S WHAT A CARVE UP!

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作者：

Tacu, Andreea Daniela ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Craiova, Craiova, Romania

来源：

BRITISH AND AMERICAN STUDIES | 2019年 / 25卷

关键词：

humour; politics; satire; Thatcherism; vulnerability;

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中图分类号：

I [文学];

学科分类号：

05 ;

摘要：

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.

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