2023 Issue 2

VOLUME 13, NUMBER 2
HUMOUR AND PATHOS IN LITERATURE AND THE ARTS (II)

Published online: 2023-10-15

Articles

RK Narayan’s (post-)colonial perspective: Malgudi in its humour
Ludmila Volná                                                                                                                pages 5-14

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Volná, L. “RK Narayan’s (post-)colonial perspective: Malgudi in its humour.” University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 5-14.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.1

Who has the last Word? The dead and their lively humour in Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s
Cré na Cille

Roxana Doncu                                                                                                              pages 15-26

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Doncu, R. E. Who has the last word? The dead and their lively humour in Máirtín Ó Cadhain’s Créna Cille. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 15-27.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.2

Humour as survival strategy in Walter Scott’s Waverley, Rob Roy and Redgauntlet
Cristian Vîjea                                                                                                                pages 27-36

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Vîjea, C. Humour as survival strategy in Walter Scott’s Waverley, Rob Roy and Redgauntlet. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 27-36.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.3

Bollywood comedy films as catalysts for body positivity and self-acceptance
Kishan Kumar Mishra                                                                                                 pages 37-47

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Mishra, K. K. Bollywood comedy films as catalysts for body positivity and self-acceptance. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 37-47.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.4

Features of the ironic detective in Daniel Pennac’s novel The Scapegoat
Hanna Aleksandrova and Hanna Tabakova                                             pages 48-59

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Aleksandrova, H. & Tabakova, H. Features of the ironic detective in Daniel Pennac’s novel The Scapegoat. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 49-59.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.5

“Laughing in the face of patriarchy”: the role of gendered humor in Mafalda by Quino
Artemis Papailia                                                                                                          pages 60-72

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Papailia, A. “Laughing in the face of patriarchy”: the role of gendered humor in Mafalda by Quino. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 60-72.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.6

Pathos as narrative glue: Marnie the novel, film, and opera
Alina Bottez                                                                                                                   pages 73-95

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Bottez, A. Pathos as narrative glue: Marnie the novel, film, and opera. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 73-95.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.7

The ethics and aesthetics of humour in contemporary transcultural migration narratives: Melatu Uche Okorie’s “This Hostel Life”, and Fadia Faqir’s “Under the Cypress Tree”
José Manuel Estévez-Saá                                                                                         pages 96-107

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Estévez-Saá, J.M. The ethics and aesthetics of humour in contemporary transcultural migration narratives: Melatu Uche Okorie’s “This Hostel Life”, and Fadia Faqir’s “Under the Cypress Tree”. University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series 13(2), 2023: 96-107.
https://doi.org/10.31178/UBR.13.2.8