Adapted from "Irony and Sarcasm" by Roger Kreuz (MIT Press, 2020). Reprinted with permission from MIT Press. In February 1996, Alanis Morissette released the fourth single from “Jagged Little Pill,” ...

From William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” to Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho,” Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune” to Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s “The Book of Mormon,” the power of irony transcends genres and ...

It is not without good reason that irony has been the most well-loved dramatic device in stories throughout history. It plays with our expectations of how things should be and surprises us by proving ...

It’s no secret that Arrow, coming off of a strong sophomore season, didn’t exactly live up to its potential in season 3. Meanwhile, rookie drama The Flash continued to improve throughout its inaugural ...

Like simile, metaphor, personification and hyperbole, irony is a very useful figure of speech. Writers and other creative workers regularly make use of it, including comedians. It can, however, also ...