Abstract

The main objective of this research is to study humor as a pragmatic and social phenomenon. To this end, we study the satirical-humorous journalism developed in the 19^th century during the period known as the Democratic Sexenio from the Revolution of September 1868 until the beginning of the Bourbon Restoration in 1874. This is a period of relative freedom for journalism, which favors the use of irony and humor in the configuration of discourse in the written press. The article presents a brief theoretical framework before discussing the analysis of 16 satirical-humorous magazines, for which we have applied the General Theory of Verbal Humor.

Keywords Humour; irony; satirical journalism; 19^th century; pragmatic analysis