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Satire

Satire. From the Greeks to Today. Definition. Behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society It is different from other reforms in that it uses humor to make its protest Most often this humor is created through irony and/or exaggeration

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Satire

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  1. Satire From the Greeks to Today

  2. Definition • Behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society • It is different from other reforms in that it uses humor to make its protest • Most often this humor is created through irony and/or exaggeration ***Humor intent on reform

  3. Horatian • Horatiansatire is playfully amusing • It seeks to correct with gentle laughter and understanding

  4. Juvenalian • Juvenalian satire is a darker kind of laughter • It is bitter and critical of corruption or incompetence • Modest Proposal

  5. Satire vs. Parody • Parody is a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece • Literature • Writing • TV show • Popular culture incident

  6. Satire vs Parody

  7. Jonathan Swift • Protestant born in Ireland to two English parents • Disliked Ireland and felt need to distance himself • Part of clergy and worked in Dublin • 1729 speech to Irish Parliament • Believed the division between Catholics and Protestants was devastating to Ireland

  8. Modest Proposal • An introduction to the problem • Outrageous solution • Explanation of outrageous solution • Advantages of outrageous solution • Real solution • Nothing to gain

  9. Hugh – 12 Months

  10. List of Satirists and Satires • Satirists

  11. Satire Today • Satire is found in: • television shows • Think: Simpsons, Family Guy, The Daily Show, The Colbert Report, and SNL • political cartoons • editorials • (rather than in books or long essays)

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