Essays about: "political satire"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 16 essays containing the words political satire.

  1. 11. Good Cynicism : The Civic Potentials of Political Comedy and The Reasons for Its Absence on Colombian Television

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Esteban Rahal; [2016]
    Keywords : media; media power; media ownership; censorship; Colombia; political comedy; satire; humor; television; radio; TV genre; telenovela; cynicism; politics; good cynicism; cultural citizenship; monitorial citizenship; civic culture; leveling; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research addresses the potential of political comedy and satire as television genres in the construction of democracy and civic culture in Colombia. Through a set of elite interviews with representative individuals in the media, political humor and media scholarship circles of the country; and through genre-based and political, economical and cultural analyses, this research underscores the real reasons for the absence of domestic political comedy on Colombian television. READ MORE

  3. 12. Reading Orwell’s Animals : An animal-oriented study of George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

    Author : Hanna Boremyr; [2016]
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  4. 13. Comedy Gold : How Humour is Used as Social Criticism in Terry Pratchett’s Making Money

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

    Author : Robin Kjellberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Satire; Pratchett; Making Money; Social Criticism;

    Abstract : Abstract Pratchett‟s absence from being mentioned in the same breath as great satirists such as Swift, Chaucer or Dryden to mention a few, could be because Pratchett‟s choice of genre is fantasy which is, by many, considered a „lesser‟ genre. One can wonder though in what ways the imagined nations and peoples of the Discworld series differ from some of the encounters made by Gulliver in Swift‟s Gulliver’s Travels. READ MORE

  5. 14. Understanding Satire with The Simpsons : A qualitative study on providing information and knowledge through animated television

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Niklas Lundborg; Carl-Filip Florberger; [2014]
    Keywords : Satire; The Simpsons; Entertainment; Information; Animation; Satir; The Simpsons; Underhållning; Information; Animation;

    Abstract : Satire is a form of humor used to criticize society and ridicule those who govern through irony, exaggeration and humor. What separates satire from other forms of social and political protest is that it uses humor to change human behavior. READ MORE

  6. 15. To Be True to Audience or Author - A Brief Literature Review and Comparison of Linguistic Humour in Two Translations of Dario Fo’s Accidental Death of an Anarchist

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Rose-Marie Forsberg; [2012]
    Keywords : linguistic humour; translation; translations; adaptation; adaptations; dario fo; lingvistisk humor; översättning; översättningar; adaptering; adaptation; dario fo;

    Abstract : In this essay, research is conducted on two different translations of the same comic play by Dario Fo: Accidental Death of an Anarchist. (Original title in Italian: Morte accidentale di un anarchico). The first translation is by Gillian Hanna – adapted by Gavin Richards, and the other by Simon Nye. READ MORE