El estudio de la ironía en el texto literario

Abstract

Pragmatics and narratology are the basis of this study on irony. One understands some pragmatic aspects and the dramatic structure of the ironic texts. Several of the participants' characteristics in the ironic communication are studied. In addition to this, one learns about the narrative and linguistic structures in which irony is used as well as those literary genres dealing with irony. Finally, we also comment upon the linguistic evidence which allows us to identify irony as such. Moreover, one has to take into account that the interpretation of its aesthetic function is important in order to fully understand irony in the literary texts.