«Der Konjunktiv hat sein Hauptlager in Österreich aufgestellt». Echi austriaci nella raccolta “die alarmbereiten” di Kathrin Röggla by Rosa Coppola

“…The comparison between his poem Aus der Fremde – Sprechoper in 7 Szenen (1980) and die alarmbereiten (2010), one of Röggla’s most recent works, emphasizes how Röggla consciously continues the Austrian tradition that sees in Sprachkritik a fundamental tool of social criticism.…”
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Pastoral Revisions in Sylvia Townsend Warner’s The Espalier by Paul Robichaud

“…Because of its capacity for social criticism and its power to accommodate ironies, the pastoral mode offers a suggestive way of reading Sylvia Townsend Warner’s poetry. …”
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Psychoanalysis Outside the Clinic: An approach of Psychosocial Studies by Busygina N.P.

“…Psychoanalysis was rethought as a variation of social criticism whose purpose is to undrstand how power, types of exploitation and other macrosocial features of society affect and are affected by modes of mental and emotional functioning. …”
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Miscellany/Mélanges

“…<br/> John Van Eerde, Aspects of social criticism in eighteenth-century French comedy <br/> Harriet Dorothy Rothschild, Benoît de Maillet's Marseilles letters <br/> Robert L. …”

Film, Parable, Reciprocity. Frederick Wiseman’s “Reality Fictions” and Social Change by Alyda Faber

“…This essay argues that social criticism may be an effect of Frederick Wiseman’s “re¬ality fiction” films only if that effect is understood as analogous to that of parable, an awakened responsiveness to the unknown and the unresolved. …”
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The Narrative of Social (In)Justice, Feminism, and Migration in Slavenka Drakulić’s Selected Works by Leonora Flis

“…Her writing has been marked by social criticism and feminist traits. The article focuses on her works that point to questions of social (in)equality and the marginalization of certain social groups or even nations. …”
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Bertolt Brecht's Hauspostille: a peculiar lyrical form in the service of politic and social questions by Patrice ADICO & Wanitèmè Solange SILUÉ

“…This study will therefore examine how the German poet formulates his political and social criticism on the basis of the specific features of this work.…”
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L’accueil des exilés à Berlin dans le roman Gehen, ging, gegangen (2015, Je vais, tu vas, ils vont, 2022) de Jenny Erpenbeck by Birte Gnaegy

“…By questioning the arrival of displaced persons in Berlin, the author is part of the revival of literary realism, which is characterized by the implementation of social criticism in the novel. This article examines the question of how the narrator portrays the plurality and also the divergence of different standpoints, which are expressed in a fictional society – with particular attention to narratological strategies. …”
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A Journey into the Mexican Past: Diego Cañedo, Follower of H. G. Wells by Alejandro Arteaga Martínez

“…The sci-fi theme of the novel sustains a social criticism, and imitates H. G. Wells’ The Time Machine plot. …”
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Le défi de l’authenticité. Pour une lecture carnavalesque de l’œuvre de Rousseau by Consuelo Ricci

“…Despite his rejection of masks, dissimulation and mockery in order to stick to honesty and truth, Rousseau uses some carnivalesque elements such as the utopian vision of festivals or social criticism by means of scandal. In La Nouvelle Héloïse, the utopian time of the wine harvest differentiates from Carnival because it does not engender any real transgression of the hierarchical order. …”
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KARIKATUR SEBAGAI KARYA KOMUNIKASI VISUAL DALAM PENYAMPAIAN KRITIK SOSIAL by Heru Dwi Waluyanto

“…Caricature is one effective form of visual communications in delivering social criticisms. In good caricatures there are combined elements of intelligence%2C sharpness and critical thinking as well as expressiveness in response to public living. …”
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Turning History into a Fairy Tale: The Borders of Reality and Fiction in Catherynne Valente’s Deathless by Barbora Vinczeová, Ruslan T. Saduov

“…The novel simultaneously addresses the themes of political and social criticism of early Soviet Russia, resulting in the ironic tone and satirical comments provided by the author. …”
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Le théâtre et sa contribution dans la lutte contre la pandémie de covid-19 en Côte d’Ivoire by Drissa Sanogo

“…The analysis, based on field observations, is inspired by the approaches that underlie social criticism. It reveals, in the beginning, a disinterest in the pandemic, concern left to anonymous and improvised actors producing a “drama of misunderstanding” trivializing the plague. …”
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Making Ordinary People Actors in National History by Margaret Bodemer

“…In the course of critically examining the past and the present, the exhibit pushed the boundaries of social criticism and public discourse, and showed that museum exhibits are not neutral spaces for the production of knowledge but, rather, can become sites which mediate indirect negotiation between people and the state and re-interpret the past for the present and the future.   …”
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Satire and subversion in Medieval allegories: “Reynard the Fox” and the Maqamat al-Hamadhani by Almujalli Hussam

“…“Reynard the Fox” and the Maqamat al-Hamadhani are forms of constructive social criticism that readers desperately need today. An analysis of “Reynard the Fox” and the Maqamat al-Hamadhani contributes to a deeper understanding of the historical and cultural contexts in which these works emerged, as well as of the literary techniques employed to convey their satirical messages. …”
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Representasi Konteks Sejarah dalam Puisi Esai Mata Luka Sengkon Karta by Rully Adriansyah, Tanti Agustiani

“…With reference to some problem formulations formulated on how the historical context is presented and how social criticism in the essay poem "Mata Luka Sengkon Karta" by Peri Sandi Huizche. …”
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The Feminine Monster. The Uncanny and the Construction of Motherness in Furtivos by Silvia GUILLAMÓN CARRASCO

“…The maternal figure embodies one of the most recurrent metaphors in Spanish cinema of late-Francoism and transi-tion, a metaphor that has been read as a device of social criticism towards the dictatorship. Largely due to the sym-bolic connotations that the Franco regime had projected on motherhood, it has been connected with the dictatorial past, functioning on the screen as a monstrous and uncanny personification of the Francoist repressive apparatus. …”
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ANTI-REFUGEE AND IMMIGRANT REPRESENTATION IN THREE GERMAN ONLINE ILLUSTRATIONS by Lisda Liyanti, Fakhrana Linati

“…Abstract Social criticism is often showed in various forms, one of it is through an illustration. …”
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LUDRUK SEBAGAI MEDIA MENGABARKAN MISI KERAJAAN ALLAH DI LINGKUP GREJA KRISTEN JAWI WETAN by Dwi Ratna Kusumaningdyah, Firman Panjaitan

“…Generally, the play/story ludruk revolves around social criticism of people's lives, with the aim of improvement in the lives of these people. …”
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Implicit Coordination: Acting Quasi-Jointly on Implicit Shared Intentions by Judith Martens, Luke Roelofs

“…We discuss the significance of this category for action theory, social ontology, and social criticism. …”
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