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The Revolution Will Not Be Satirised: The Revolutionary Potential of Stephen Leacock’s Satire

dc.contributor.advisorRoy, Wendy
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBanco, Lindsey
dc.contributor.committeeMemberZichy, Francis
dc.contributor.committeeMemberAcoose, Janice
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBalzer, Geraldine
dc.creatorKiedrowski, Jonas F 1976-
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-3970-5185
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-10T19:49:10Z
dc.date.available2019-01-10T19:49:10Z
dc.date.created2019-05
dc.date.issued2019-01-10
dc.date.submittedMay 2019
dc.date.updated2019-01-10T19:49:10Z
dc.description.abstractIs satire revolutionary? This question brought satire theorists Leonard Feinberg and Robert C. Elliott to an impasse. The Revolution Will Not Be Satirised uses Stephen Leacock’s satire to find an answer. Feinberg would contend that Leacock’s underlying conservatism keeps his satirical critique from being revolutionary. Elliott would contend that Leacock’s critique is revolutionary because it tears down societal foundations. Revolutions, however, are more than a critique: they hinge upon implementing a new ideology. Because ideology has three components—critique, ideal, and agency—and because satire, as a critique, emphasises only one of ideology’s three components, satire lacks the ideological roadmap to guide a revolution. Arcadian Adventures and Sunshine Sketches reflect this: they critique western democracy, but they lack ideological alternatives to revolve into. Given that Adventures’ and Sketches’ critiques remain valid, it appears that Leacock’s two greatest satires failed to spawn revolutionary change, but succeeded in diagnosing intractable human conditions.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10388/11707
dc.subjectsatire
dc.subjectleacock
dc.titleThe Revolution Will Not Be Satirised: The Revolutionary Potential of Stephen Leacock’s Satire
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentEnglish
thesis.degree.disciplineEnglish
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Saskatchewan
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (M.A.)

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