Satire

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Satire

• The Difference Between Satire and Sarcasm!

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Why are these funny?
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Satire - Defined

• In satire, human or individual vices, follies,
  abuses or shortcomings are held up to find fault
  with by means of ridicule, mockery, irony, or
  other methods, ideally with the intent to bring
  about improvement. Although satire is meant to
  be funny, the purpose of satire is not primarily
  humor in itself so much as an attack on something
  of which the author strongly disapproves, using
  the weapon of wit.
• What? Paraphrase, please

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What is Satire?

• Satire Making fun of some aspect of culture,
  society, and/or human nature to hopefully improve
  it or inspire change.

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Satire
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Isnt that comedy?

• Satire differs from comedy in that
• Satire seeks to correct, improve, or reform
  through ridicule (can be harsh at times)
• Comedy aims simply to amuse its audience
• Satire uses laughter as a weapon against
  something that exists outside the work itself.

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Two Types of Satire

• Formal (Direct) Satire
• The persona (speaker) uses first-person point of
  view (NOT always author)
• This speaker may address the reader or a
  character within the work
• EX. A Modest Proposal

• Indirect Satire
• Some format other than direct address to the
  reader
• This is usually a fictional narrative, in which
  objects of satire are characters
• EX. Animal Farm

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Two STYLES of Direct Satire

• Horatian satire is a type of direct satire
  which pokes fun at human foibles with a witty,
  even indulgent tone.
• Juvenalian satire is a type of direct satire
  which denounces, sometimes with invective, human
  vice and error in dignified and solemn tones.

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Horatian Satire

• This type of satire is named after the Roman
  satirist Horatian.
• It seeks to criticize, rather than attack,
  immorality or stupidity.
• In general, Horatian satire is gentler, more
  sympathetic, and more tolerant of human folly.
• Unlike Juvenalian satire, it serves to make us
  laugh at human folly as opposed to holding our
  failures up for needling.
• Horatian satire tends to ridicule human folly in
  general or by type rather than attack specific
  persons.
• It tends to produce a smile.

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Horatian Satire
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Juvenalian Satire

• This type of satire is named after the Roman
  satirist Juvenal.
• It is harsher than Horatian satire because it
  often attacks and shows contempt for people.
• Often, it seeks to address some evil in society
  through scorn and ridicule.
• The Juvenalian satirist approaches his work in a
  more serious manner and uses dignified language
  to attack erroneous thinking or vice.
• In this way Juvenalian satire evokes feelings of
  scorn, shock, and righteous indignation in the
  mind of the reader.

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Juvenalian Satire
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Devices of Satire

• The chief device of satire is irony.
• What are the three types of irony?

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Irony
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Devices of Satire

• Other Devices
• Parody poking fun at something by mimicking
  or imitating it
• Caricature poking fun at a character by
  exaggerating its personal
  characteristics in drawing or narrative

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Parody
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Caricature
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Devices of Satire

• Juxtaposition the arrangement of two or
  more characters, ideas, or words
  side-by-side for the purpose of comparison,
  contrast, or character development
• Sarcasm/Ridicule taunting on a personal
  level by saying something and meaning the
  opposite

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Ridicule
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Wit
? Wit is most commonly understood as clever
expression, whether aggressive or harmless that
is, with or without derogatory intent toward
someone or something in particular. ? We also
tend to think of wit as being characterized by a
mocking or paradoxical quality, evoking laughter
through apt phrasing.
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Wit
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Devices of Satire

• Innuendo a derogatory suggestion that is
  not literally spoken but rather hinted at
• Understatement A figure of speech in
  which a writer or speaker deliberately
  makes a situation seem less
  important than it is

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Analyzing Satire in 5 easy steps!

• 1. What's the tone of the satire?
• (grim, cheerful, sardonic, mock serious,
  optimistic, etc.)
• 2. What type of satire is this?
• (direct vs. indirect)
• 3. What is the writer satirizing (topic)?
• (what aspect of society are they trying to
  criticize?)
• 4. What is the writer's purpose in satirizing
  this
• subject?
• (what do they want to change?)
• 5. What literary techniques does the writer use
  in
• this satire?
• (hyperbole, understatement, irony, humor, etc.)