In:Iranian Political Satirists: Experience and motivation in the contemporary era
Mahmud Farjami
[Topics in Humor Research 5] 2017
► pp. 13–37
Chapter 2Tradition and inheritance
Humor and satire in classical Persian literature
Published online: 18 May 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/thr.5.c2
https://doi.org/10.1075/thr.5.c2
Article outline
- Satire in Ancient Persia
- Hajv writers in Persian literature
- Satirical weapons for particular purposes
- Satire in personal quarrels
- Social satire
- Jocular works and socio-political motivation
- Satire in moral and mystical texts
- Satirizing hypocrisy
- Pioneering professional satire in Iran: Obeyd Zakani
- Food, clothes and parody!
- Motivations for irony and satire in HistoricalTimes
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