The paper is devoted to the analysis of discursive dimension standoff between supporters 6th Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and those his predecessor Petro Poroshenko. This implemented in Internet memes as one forms political satire. Memes can be defined by their goals, frame reference means. practices used aiming at symbolic defamation a opponent electoral base are considered, taking i...

ONE OF the coloured engraved satires in the Wellcome collection is An Address of thanks from the Faculty to the Right Hon.ble Mr. Influenzy for his kind visit to this country (Fig. 1). It was designed by Temple West, an amateur artist whose name appears on the cross-bar of the commode on which the figure of Influenzy is seated. The print was published by S. W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly on 20 April 1...

Source-to-source analysis aims at supporting the reuse of analysis results similar to code reuse. The reuse of program code is a common technique which attempts to save time and costs by reducing redundant work. We want to avoid re-analyzing parts of a software system, such as library code. In the ideal case the analysis results are directly associated with the program itself. Source-to-source ...

Irony and satire can be useful weapons in any communicator’s rhetorical arsenal. They provide a nuanced means for expressing critical sentiments and for openly exploring divisive subjects. However, the very subtlety that grants these devices their utility also lends to their greatest drawback: implied meanings are often lost on their intended audience. In textual communication this difficulty i...

In this article it will be argued that the Menippean satire (broadly understood in Bakhtinian terms) provides a most, if not the most, significant formal and perhaps historical context for reading the Babylonian Talmud (ca. sixth century after Christ). Some theoretical considerations on the role of agency in dialogism (intertextuality) are lifted up as well.

Satire is a form of expression which tackles complex, contemporary issues in nuanced, jesting spirit. Vitally, it does so through humour and provocation. This article demonstrates why we should not place extensive limits on controversial satire. At the European Court level, this requires robust proportionality assessment each satirical expression, rather than granting wide margin appreciation t...