Abstract
Irony consists on a relevant linguistic-literary tool, either to construct ambiguous discourses as to develop the comical sense, or even to stablish a critique environment about political and social conflicts. The present paper aims to analyze in Bernardo Kucinski short stories published at Você vai voltar pra mim e outros contos which presents characters in violent and oppressive situations during Brazilian military dictatorship. It was noted that the employment of the irony turned into a decisive role to conduct the narrative interpretation, that conjoin all the potential of this resource to expose the arbitrary act and the violence from the turbulent context of the Brazilian military dictatorship.
Keywords:
Bernardo Kucinski; irony; military dictatorship