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Aesthetics: Tone Ironic

Parent Term

  • Tone

Sibling Terms

  • Absurdist
  • Apocalyptic
  • Elegiac
  • Farce
  • Humorous
  • Incongruous
  • Mock-heroic
  • Nostalgic
  • Overwrought
  • Sarcastic
  • Shift

Tagged Events

"Death Drag", 205 (Event)
Actions: Economic›Scheming | Movement›Car
Cultural Issues: Economy›Bargaining
Themes and Motifs: Money›Stingy with money
Aesthetics: Tone›Humorous | Tone›Ironic
Absalom, Absalom!, 143 (Event)
Themes and Motifs: Story-telling›Audience response
Aesthetics: Narrative›Summary | Tone›Ironic | Tone›Shift
Requiem for a Nun, 114 (Event)
Actions: Physical›Hanging | Violent›Murder | Violent›Shooting
Cultural Issues: Crime›Murder | Law›Execution | Law›Miscarriage of justice
Aesthetics: Recurring Episodes›Popeye's execution | Recurring Episodes›Recurring event, intertextual | Tone›Ironic
The Mansion, 137 (Event)
Cultural Issues: Health and Illness›Injury
Themes and Motifs: Naming›Wrong name
Aesthetics: Tone›Ironic
The Town, 243 (Event)
Environment: Public›Railroad tracks
Themes and Motifs: Animals›Mules
Aesthetics: Narrative›Parentheses | Tone›Ironic