Open AccessIronia, mejoza i hiperbola
Author(s) -
Raoul Schrott,
Arthur Jakobs
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
poznańskie studia polonistyczne. seria literacka
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 1
eISSN - 2450-4947
pISSN - 1233-8680
DOI - 10.14746/pspsl.2018.34.12
Subject(s) - irony , hyperbole , sarcasm , cynicism , philosophy , literature , socrates , epistemology , convention , linguistics , sociology , metaphor , art , social science , law , politics , political science
The subject of the translated article is irony understood as one of the formative elements of human speech. The author discusses the etymology of this idea, referring primarily to its definition formulated by Socrates, showing its relations with sarcasm, cynicism, meiosis and hyperbole. In terms of content, irony also has a moral element, since it is a challenge to traditional ideas, beliefs or shared cultural references. Irony is also a stylistic convention of poetics, helping to portray in literature what is paradoxical and ambiguous.