In:Iranian Political Satirists: Experience and motivation in the contemporary era
Mahmud Farjami
[Topics in Humor Research 5] 2017
► pp. 99–121
Chapter 5A conceptual and theoretical framework
Published online: 18 May 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/thr.5.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/thr.5.c5
Article outline
- Conceptualizing humor and satire
- Persian satire or tanz
- Analyzing satire: Functions, forms and components
- Satirists and political satire
- The motivations of satirists
- Theoretical background for the study of humor and satire
- Superiority theory
- Relief theory
- Incongruity theory
- Integrating relevant theories
- Applying a theoretical framework to satirists’ motivations
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