Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Ali Afzali ¹
• Mohammad Mahdi Karimi ²

¹ Assiciate Professor, Department of Language and Literature, University of Tehran, Tehran. Iran.

² Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Arabic Language and Literature, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

The main purpose of satire is to show problems and strive to correct them. The writer’s intention is not only to make others laugh, but behind this laughter lies deep thinking, contemplation, and screaming that awakens a person from heedlessness. Jalal Amer was one of the satirical writers who lived during the era of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and wrote satirical works to express some issues using satire. Amer has been called the prince of satirists in Egypt, which shows his skill in writing satire and his great influence on the audience. By descriptive-analytical approach, this research deals with the book The Palace of Speech by Jalal Amer and aims to clarify the techniques used by this satirical writer to show the hidden corners of the Egyptian government and society and what people suffer from. The writer employed many methods, such as satire, surprise, sarcastic definition, simile, analogy, looking from an unusual point of view, and contrast, and he implicitly clarified his purpose to the reader. Among the contents that Amer addressed in his prose, we can point out his criticism of some issues, such as the rulers and officials not giving up power, denouncing the National and Brotherhood parties, the showy and fraudulent elections, the issue of inheritance, false achievements, mocking the candidates, and the three authorities’ lack of interest in their duties, as these matters are considered a reflection of the Egyptian reality, the life of this people, and the problems that people faced in that period

Keywords

• Satire
• Satire techniques
• Satire themes
• Jalal Amer
• Ghosr-ol-Kalam

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