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Abstract
The core of this thesis is the study of the Egyptian political jokes in the period from 1956 to 1981. This period includes two political regimes: Nasser’s political regime from 1956 to 1970; and As-sadat’s political regime from 1970 to 1981. The aim of this thesis is to introduce a semiotic analysis of the Egyptian political joke through applying two approaches of analysis: the semiotic approach of Arthur Berger for joke analysis (1998); and the approach of Graeme Ritchie for joke analysis (2003). The aim behind the analysis of the Egyptian political joke is to prove its ability on reflecting the interests and preoccupations of the Egyptian society; and to specify the kind of humor, either a propositional or a linguistic, of each regime. For achieving that, this thesis will be divided into five chapters.
Chapter 1 sheds light on the notion of the political joke. Interesting topics about the political joke is clarified such as its birthplace; its teller’s punishment, its distinguishing characteristics rather than the other kinds of the joke, and its relation to the notion of the political correctness.
Chapter 2 concentrates only on the notion of the Egyptian political jokelore, its definition, its importance, its appearance in printed form. In addition, this chapter sheds light on the most important political and economic events in the period under scrutiny.
Chapter 3 is entirely concerned with discussing the joke from a linguistic perspective. That includes topics such as its definition, its constituent parts in either the written or the oral mood, and its linguistic kinds. Finally, a review of four approaches for joke analysis with the emphasis on the final two approaches is presented.
Chapter 4 is an application of Berger’s semiotic approach for joke analysis, and Ritchie’s approach for joke analysis on a forty Egyptian political jokes from 1956 to 1970.
Chapter 5 has the same aim, and design of chapter four but in terms of the political jokes of As-Sadat’s regime.
Chapter 6 is conclusion. It includes a discussion of the recurrent themes, either in the political jokes from Nasser’s regime, or the political jokes from As-Sadat’s regime. In addition, the differences and the similarities will be specified.