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Satire vs. Parody

Satire vs. Parody. An MMA Showdown. Parody. A humorous interpretation of a character, situation, etc., for humor’s sake only. Parody. TV, movies, comics, books, etc. Satire. A humorous interpretation of a character, situation, etc., with society’s best interests at heart. Satire.

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Satire vs. Parody

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  1. Satire vs. Parody An MMA Showdown

  2. Parody • A humorous interpretation of a character, situation, etc., for humor’s sake only. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  3. Parody • TV, movies, comics, books, etc. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  4. Satire • A humorous interpretation of a character, situation, etc., with society’s best interests at heart. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  5. Satire • May be good - humored, or it can be bitter and unsparing • Stories, Novels, Poems, Songs Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  6. So which is the following? Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  7. So which is the following? Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  8. So which is the following? Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  9. So which is the following? Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  10. Satire • Famous example: “The Rape of the Lock” - Alexander Pope - satirizes the trivial pursuits of the idle wealthy Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  11. Satire • Began with the ancient Greeks, but also sprang up in ancient Rome • Horatian Satire: playfully amusing and seeks to correct vice or foolishness with gentle laughter and understanding (Pope’s satire is Horatian). • Juvenalian Satire: provokes a darker kind of laughter. It is often bitter and criticizes corruption or incompetence with score and outrage (see Swift, “Gulliver’s Travels”). Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  12. Satire • Satire flourished during the 17th and 18th centuries, the “golden age” of satire. • Sought to protect their highly developed civilization from corruption by attacking hypocrisy, arrogance, greed, vanity and stupidity. • With a few exceptions – Lord Byron, William Thackeray and Samuel Butler in England and Mark Twain in America – the popularity of satire faded in the 19th Century. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  13. Satire • Most recent satire has been Juvenalian to the extreme: “Animal Farm” by George Orwell. • Also Doonesbury, Dilbert, SNL, MadTV, The Simpsons, Family Guy. Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  14. Reading AssignmentSee online homework sked for details • For Wednesday • “A Modest Proposal” • pp. 612-622 • Lesson 9, Vocab Book, Due Thursday • (Fri. for D Block) • Quiz Friday • (Mon. for C Block) Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

  15. Satire Assignment • You need to create your own satire in which you mock politics, society, the school system, etc. • You may create a comic, draw a picture and provide captions, create a poster using pictures from a magazine, or you may write an essay! Free Template from www.brainybetty.com

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