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The article is devoted to the Russian bureaucracy as presented in the historical and fantastic narration of M. Saltykov-Shchedrin "The History of a City" and the prob-lem of prototypes of the books’ protagonist. Depending on real historic figures offered as a prototype of Ugryum-Burcheyev, the meaning of the book, which can be perceived either as a cruel parody or as a warning book, changes...
The author assumes that the curiosity is a type of human expression. It can manifest in various languages and people’s behaviors, e.g.: verbal, mimic, gestural, costume and also by props, hairstyles, makeup etc. Regardless of differences between particular manifestations of the curiosity it is always semiotic. Freaks, eccentrics and weirdos disturb human community’s order and call into question established...
Marek Hendrykowski’s study is concerned with the close-reading analysis and interpretation of the Autobus (1955–1961) oil on canvas painted by Bronisław Wojciech Linke. This masterpiece of Polish peinture of the 1950s is deeply related to history and conditions of human life in Poland and other East European countries after World War II where everyday life is based on ideology imposed on society....
Parody, or spoof advertising, is as old as advertising itself. However, the rise of consumer generated content and its rapid diffusion have created a veritable epidemic of spoof ads aimed at companies and their brands. Brands are increasingly becoming the targets of burlesque. Marketers, faced with a loss of control over their message, are left wondering why some brands are mercilessly ridiculed while...
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