LUMIERES OBLIQUES IRONIE ET DIALOGUES AU XVIIIE SIÈCLE
NEIERTZ PATRICK
Parody, satirical comedy, libertine writing – the 18th century offers a wide range of ironic dialogues. This study looks at ironic elements in writings of the Age of the Enlightenment and explains that irony can be considered as the cryptic language which reveals the manners and morals as they are or as they should be.