La ironía verbal en editoriales de la prensa decimonónica sobre la guerra de Cuba (1895-1898)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the linguistic signs constituting the ironic statements present in a corpus of one hundred of editorials on the war in Cuba, published in the Andalusian press between 1895 and 1898. This war had a special impact on Andalusia, due to the close commercial relations of its population with the inhabitants of the island and the fact that Cádiz became one of the key points of embarkation of the soldiers who left for the Antillean lands. The press was then the only way that the Andalusians had to inform themselves about the overseas events, hence we have proposed to analyze how the local press uses irony to express to its readers its vision of current news. This has allowed us to identify the main types of irony present in these newspapers, as well as the targets that they try to attack through this pragmatic resource.