Satire Criticism Through Laughter What Is Satire Satire

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Satire Criticism Through Laughter

Satire Criticism Through Laughter

What Is Satire? Satire is a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice,

What Is Satire? Satire is a kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social reform. © Vince O’Farrell • Satires can be works of fiction, nonfiction, drama, or poetry.

What Are the Functions of Satire? • To make readers feel critical of themselves,

What Are the Functions of Satire? • To make readers feel critical of themselves, of their fellow human beings, or of their society • To make readers laugh at human foolishness and weakness • To make fun of vicious, selfish, mean-spirited people in the hope that we will see ourselves in such people and mend our ways • To expose errors and absurdities that we no longer notice because custom and familiarity have blinded us to them

Devices of Satire • Exaggeration • Overstating • Stereotyping groups of people and focusing

Devices of Satire • Exaggeration • Overstating • Stereotyping groups of people and focusing on faults • Making things appear ridiculous and unattractive • Hyperbole • Using wild exaggeration

Devices of Satire • Irony • Saying one thing and meaning the opposite •

Devices of Satire • Irony • Saying one thing and meaning the opposite • Sarcasm • Using cruel or cutting irony • Understatement • Saying less than what is really meant or saying something with less force than is appropriate.

Targets of Satire • Humanity in general • A stereotyped group of people •

Targets of Satire • Humanity in general • A stereotyped group of people • A particular person I have been assured by a very knowing American° of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled. . I grant this food will be somewhat dear°, and therefore very proper for landlords, who, as they have already devoured° most of the parents, seem to have the best title to the children. from A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift °American—To Swift’s readers this label would suggest a barbaric person. °dear—expensive °devoured—made poor by charging high rents

A Few Famous English Satires • Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift • A Modest

A Few Famous English Satires • Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift • A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift • The Rape of the Lock by Alexander Pope

What Have You Learned? 1. Satire appears only in fictional writings. a. true b.

What Have You Learned? 1. Satire appears only in fictional writings. a. true b. false 2. Satires are usually NOT aimed at _________. a. a particular person b. an animal c. society 3. The primary goal of a satire is to ____________. a. make people laugh b. celebrate human achievements c. bring about social reform

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