Despite differences in gender, chosen genre, intended audience and comic purpose, Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde are more similar than different in their modes of subversive humor and in the themes they employ to satirize marriage. In attempting to answer what Austen and Wilde’s marriage satire consists of stylistically, I will address how the writers employ irony, wit, paradox and comic characterization. Their use of parody and sometimes contempt for the objects of their satire will also be addressed. In dissecting humorous texts to look at social critique hidden behind wit, I found that what words lose in humor, they gained in acquiring alternate meanings
The present study aims at studying the male fools in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’...
Entitled The Idea of Marriage in 19th Century England: The Characters and Social Settings in Jane Au...
Since the early nineteenth century, Jane Austen’s novels have captivated readers with their comedic ...
Jane Austen and Comedy takes for granted two related notions. First, Jane Austen’s books are funny; ...
Oscar Wilde's three earlier comedies have often been criticized as being unsuccessful conjunction of...
Even though Austen's novels may seem to be a kind of modern fairy-tales, enabling an emotional escap...
This paper offers ironic language style overview of the satire in Pride and Prejudice Novel, cerated...
Love marriage is a “culturally peculiar institution” which developed almost exclusively within Weste...
Oscar Wilde’s successful 1890s works were something new within Victorian comedy. He reinvents a the...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a novel by Jane Austen must be...
Jane Austen is often simultaneously placed under two conflicting areas of thought. Scholarly researc...
Jane Austen's novels were written when the English novel was developing, so it is clear that Austen ...
Read complete article When Jane Austen emerged onto the literary scene in the nineteenth century, he...
The essay deals with the problem of genre peculiarity of Oscar Wilde's comedies which represent the...
Degree awarded: Ph.D. English Language and Literature. The Catholic University of AmericaThis study ...
The present study aims at studying the male fools in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’...
Entitled The Idea of Marriage in 19th Century England: The Characters and Social Settings in Jane Au...
Since the early nineteenth century, Jane Austen’s novels have captivated readers with their comedic ...
Jane Austen and Comedy takes for granted two related notions. First, Jane Austen’s books are funny; ...
Oscar Wilde's three earlier comedies have often been criticized as being unsuccessful conjunction of...
Even though Austen's novels may seem to be a kind of modern fairy-tales, enabling an emotional escap...
This paper offers ironic language style overview of the satire in Pride and Prejudice Novel, cerated...
Love marriage is a “culturally peculiar institution” which developed almost exclusively within Weste...
Oscar Wilde’s successful 1890s works were something new within Victorian comedy. He reinvents a the...
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a person in possession of a novel by Jane Austen must be...
Jane Austen is often simultaneously placed under two conflicting areas of thought. Scholarly researc...
Jane Austen's novels were written when the English novel was developing, so it is clear that Austen ...
Read complete article When Jane Austen emerged onto the literary scene in the nineteenth century, he...
The essay deals with the problem of genre peculiarity of Oscar Wilde's comedies which represent the...
Degree awarded: Ph.D. English Language and Literature. The Catholic University of AmericaThis study ...
The present study aims at studying the male fools in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Jane Austen’...
Entitled The Idea of Marriage in 19th Century England: The Characters and Social Settings in Jane Au...
Since the early nineteenth century, Jane Austen’s novels have captivated readers with their comedic ...