Desktop Retreat: On Irony in Literature

Sunday, January 23, 2011

On Irony in Literature

'A pleasing consequence of the humility gained from humour or irony's broad perspective is a tendency to undercut fundamentalism of all kinds: religious, political, moral.'

Ray Robertson
The Globe and Mail
Saturday, January 22nd, 2011

2 comments:

Stephanie said...: What a great quote! And how true. One of the purposes of irony and humor is to remind us not to take ourselves and our beliefs TOO seriously.; January 24, 2011 at 5:28 PM
Trish said...: Yes, that's what I was thinking too.; January 24, 2011 at 7:56 PM

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~before going to sleep

~before getting up

~in the bathtub

~while waiting for your ride

~while on the bus/train/plane

~while dinner is cooking

~while exercising (audiobooks!)

~while driving (ditto)

~while waiting for an appointment

~while baby is napping

~after kids are in bed

~with kids

~to kids

~while eating lunch

~while eating breakfast

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~while walking

~while waiting for kids in the mom & dad taxi

~on a park bench

~instead of housework

~in the bathroom

~while on hold on the phone

~on the porch with a cocktail

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