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Satire

Satire. Satire. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and/or criticize people’s, institutions’, or trends’ foibles, stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues. What is this a Satire of? . Horatian Satire.

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Satire

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  1. Satire

  2. Satire • the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to exposeand/or criticizepeople’s, institutions’, or trends’ foibles, stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

  3. What is this a Satire of?

  4. Horatian Satire • Horace, Roman Poet (65 – 8 BCE) • Odes “playfully criticizes” social vices and foibles through “gentle, mild, and light-hearted humor.” • The humor is often self-depreciating (the author shares the same foible or vice with the audience) • The vice is seen as a “folly” rather than “evil” • This kind of satire exposes certain vices but is also sympathetic toward the characters who experience these vices.

  5. Juvenalian Satire * Juvenal (late 1st century) * abrasive *aggressive attack on social evils * “savage ridicule” often marked by “dark irony” and sarcasm. * is unsympathetic

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