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LitCourse 8
How to Read: Irony

Irony—pop culture and beyond

Ironic conventions abound in literature and pop culture. It's fun to pick them out. Here's one example of irony: The Naif . . .

A stranger or youth, with little experience of society and its rules, wonders why things are they way they are. His naive questions expose the absurdities of cultural norms and assumptions.

• Gulliver's Travels
• Catcher in the Rye
• To Kill a Mockingbird
• Blast from the Past
• Third Rock from the Sun
• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

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