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Author Draitser, Emil, 1937-

Title Techniques of satire : the case of Saltykov-Ščedrin / by Emil A. Draitser.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1994.

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 213 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Humor research ; 2
Humor research ; 2.
Contents Ch. 1. Targets of satire. 1. Provincial sketches (1856-1857). 2. Innocent tales (1857-1863), Satires in prose (1859-1862). 3. Pompadours and pompadouresses (1863-1874). 4. History of a town (1869-1870). 5. Gentlemen of Tashkent (1869-1872). 6. Diary of a provincial in St. Petersburg (1872). 7. Loyal speeches (1872-1876). 8. Golovlyovs (1875-1880). 9. Sanctuary of Monrepos (1878-1879), The year around (1879), Abroad (1880-1881). 10. In the environment of moderation and accuracy (1874-1880), Contemporary idyll (1877-1883). 11. Letters to my auntie (1881-1882), Motley letters (1884-1886), Fairy tales (1869-1886), Stories of Posexon'e (1885), Trifles of life (1887), The old time in Posexon'e (1887-1889) -- Ch. 2. Problem of the comic. 1. Saltykov's fate in literary criticism. 2. Confusion of the concepts "humor" and "satire" 3. Double nature of laughter. 4. Defining the concepts "humor", "satire", "wit" and "the comic" 5. Methodology and tasks of this study -- Ch. 3. Satirical characterization: Non-metaphoric denigration. 1. Infantilization. 2. "Stupefication" 3. Physiologization -- Ch. 4. Satirical characterization: Metaphoric denigration. 1. Human being as animal. 2. Human being as an object. 3. Human being as doll. 4. Human being as plant -- Ch. 5. Comic in language. 1. Plays on the forms of words and set phrases. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-198) and indexes.
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Subject Saltykov, Mikhail Evgrafovich, 1826-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Салтыков, Михаил Евграфович, 1826-1889 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Saltykov, Mikhail Evgrafovich, 1826-1889.
Criticism and interpretation.
Satire, Russian -- History and criticism.
Satire, Russian.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other Form: Print version: Draitser, Emil, 1937- Techniques of satire 3110126249 (DLC) 93043693 (OCoLC)29428575
ISBN 9783110875928 (electronic book)
3110875926 (electronic book)
3110126249
9783110126242