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Iranian Political Satirists: Experience and motivation in the contemporary era
Mahmud Farjami
[Topics in Humor Research 5] 2017
► pp. 14–37

Chapter 2
Tradition and inheritance

Humor and satire in classical Persian literature

Article outline
  • Satire in Ancient Persia
    • Hajv writers in Persian literature
    • Satirical weapons for particular purposes
    • Satire in personal quarrels
    • Social satire
    • Jocular works and socio-political motivation
    • Satire in moral and mystical texts
    • Satirizing hypocrisy
    • Pioneering professional satire in Iran: Obeyd Zakani
    • Food, clothes and parody!
    • Motivations for irony and satire in HistoricalTimes