10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SELF-MOCKERY»
Discover the use of
self-mockery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
self-mockery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
At the time I thought, as I stared out the window at the rain and the dismal parking
lot and the devastation that had once been a healthy hedge, that the man's
terrifying sense of self -mockery is, at the same time, the source of the brilliance in
his ...
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The Protean
Self: Human Resilience in an Age of Fragmentation
Václav Havel The protean self lives in a realm of absurdity, embraces a tone of
mockery and self-mockery along with a spirit of irony, and often bathes its
projects in humor. The sense of absurdity has to do with a perception of the world
as ...
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Making
Mockery : The Poetics of Ancient Satire: The Poetics ...
6. Mockery,. Self-Mockery,. and. the. Didactic. Ruse. Juvenal,. Satires. 9. and. 5. 1
. From Greece to Rome Up to this point in our study we have been concerned
largely with Greek conceptions of poetic mockery and satire, partly because the ...
Ralph Rosen Professor of Classical Studies University of Pennsylvania, 2007
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Laughing at the Darkness: Postmodernism and Optimism in ...
At various points in the play John and Carol can both be seen to have partially
legitimate agendas, but they lack humour and the ability for self-mockery. They
are unable to admit/recognise their own potential fallibility, and the result is
conflict ...
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Humor and Psyche: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Psychoanalytic Perspectives James W. Barron. Judging by the number of “Jewish
stories,” this self-mockery may well be considered to be a feature of Jewish
humor. In this respect it is akin to the humor of blacks, in both cases a reaction of
a ...
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Genteel Rhetoric: Writing High Culture in Nineteenth-century ...
His brand of humor, therefore, is a kind of self-mockery that is good- natured and
clever enough to have a disarming effect on readers. For instance, the autocrat
wonders why authors try not to be funny and decides that there must be deep ...
Dorothy C. Broaddus, 1999
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Rupture and Repair: Literature, Genre and the AIDS Epidemic
The second unintended result stems from the pejorative context of the jest, for in
the joke, the oppressor provides material the objectified individual can
appropriate, in the form of self-mockery, and thereby establish social control by
owning the ...
Jonathan Allen Sedberry, 2008
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Japanese Women Writers: A Bio-critical Sourcebook
"Azakeru" (Self- Mockery, 1927) is a testimony to her tempestuous life between
1923 and 1926, describing her experience of living with exploitive, egotistic, and
dependent men. In early 1927, she entered into an arranged marriage with
Kobori ...
Chieko Irie Mulhern, 1994
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Irony in Language and Thought: A Cognitive Science Reader
One form of irony that is littlestudied within cognitive science is self-mockery. Self-
mockery usually involves a speaker making an utterance and then immediately
denying or invalidating its consequence, often by saying something like “No, ...
Raymond W. Gibbs, Herbert L. Colston, 2007
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The Queer Cultural Work of Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner
Self-mockery is a key strategy here. Critchley asserts that self-mockery is a key
ingredient in true humor, and Tomlin and Wagner are never more self-mocking
than when positing Lily Tomlin as star. They make fun of Tomlin herself: her own
...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SELF-MOCKERY»
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self-mockery is used in the context of the following news items.
Review: David Letterman Says Goodbye, With Self-Mockery and a …
Mr. Letterman ended his 33-year career in late night on Wednesday as he had started it — with the irreverence, self-mockery and mischief that made him such ... «New York Times, May 15»
Mr Selfridge's self-mockery
Jeremy Piven, star of ITV's Mr Selfridge, was at Mayfair's Royal Institution last night for TimesTalks, the first of the International New York Times's London ... «Evening Standard, May 14»
A little self-mockery in the workplace can go a long way
Feed Loader This image from video released by Funny Or Die shows President Obama, left, with actor-comedian Zach Galifianakis during an appearance on ... «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Apr 14»
Six essential rules to follow when demonstrating a sense of humour …
She interviewed 100 advisors and investment bankers over the course of 18 months and found that, generally speaking, a tendency for self-mockery and ... «eFinancialCareers, Feb 14»
Where Does Prince's 'New Girl' Appearance Rank Among Celebrity …
Self-Mockery of the Role: 4.5/5. One of the best jokes came when Peralta asked what role Kevin James was playing in Samberg's upcoming film about the ... «Hollywood.com, Feb 14»
AFG Media dresses up tech
AFG has taken a quintessentially British quality – self-mockery – and turned it into a global brand that thrives on an American tradition. It is also branching out ... «Financial Times, Oct 13»
Miley Cyrus Self-Mockery Fest on SNL
Miley Cyrus will be the host of SNL tonight, October 5. She has been the subject of a lot of media attention, because of her MTV VMAs performance, her twerking, ... «Guardian Express, Oct 13»
No Self-Mockery, Please, We're American
No Self-Mockery, Please, We're American. 5941-Eagleton-Composite Enlarge Image. close 5941-Eagleton-Composite. By Terry Eagleton. Teaching the ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jun 13»
Jim Leyland and 15 great self-deprecating managerial quotes
One of the ways they have blown off steam is through self-mockery, either of their team or of their sorry lot in life. Herewith, 14 other great self-deprecating ... «SB Nation, Jun 13»
Souleymane Badolo and Cynthia Oliver at New York Live Arts
Their self-mockery was winning from the start and thereafter. The composition was remarkable for how fluently it moved from chatter to dance to something in ... «New York Times, Apr 13»
