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Satire 2013

Satire 2013. Definition. An art form in which human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are criticized through ridicule ideally with the intent to bring about improvement Say what?

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Satire 2013

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  1. Satire 2013

  2. Definition • An art form in which human or individual vices, follies, abuses, or shortcomings are criticized through ridicule ideally with the intent to bring about improvement • Say what? • Basically, it’s art (literature, film, song, image) that points out and criticizes a problem with humanity or society. In the best case scenario, it causes people to RETHINK their behavior and change it.

  3. Audiences • There are three audiences: • Those whom the author (or artist) believes to already be in agreement with their viewpoint. (aka those on your side) • Those whom the author (or artist) would like to ridicule for their opposing viewpoint. (aka those whom you will stealthily ridicule) • Those whom the author (or artist) believes may be persuaded through exposure to the satirical work. (aka the "swing" audience)

  4. Horatian satire- • Satire in which the voice is tolerant, amused, and witty (funny/clever). The speaker holds up to gentleridicule the absurdities and problems of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader not the anger of a Juvenal, but wry smile or laugh. (Aims to correct through humor) • It is tolerant, witty, wise and self-effacing

  5. Juvenaliansatire • Formal satire in which the speaker attacks problems and error with disrespect and anger. Juvenalian satire in its realism and its harshness is in strong contrast to Horatian satire. • It is angry, caustic, resentful, personal

  6. Satiric Devices • Humor • Surprise – twist endings, unexpected events • Exaggeration – think of Jim Carrey’s exaggerated facial expressions • Understatement - An Army officer has just lost his leg. When asked how he feels, he looks down at his bloody stump and responds, "Stings a bit.“

  7. Satiric Devices • More Humor • Incongruity – things do NOT belong together • Deflation – the English professor mispronounces a word, the President slips and bangs his head leaving the helicopter • Linguistic games – weird rhymes, malapropisms (misusing words habitually)

  8. Satiric Devices • Irony – incongruity in what someone says or does and what is meant or what is generally understood • Invective – name calling, personal abuse • Mock Encomium – praise which is only apparent and which suggests blame instead

  9. Satiric Devices • Comic Juxtaposition – linking together with no commentary items which normally do not go together • Mock Epic/Mock Heroic – using elevated diction and devices from the epic or the heroic to deal with low or trivial subjects • Parody – mimicking the style and/or techniques of something or someone else

  10. Satiric Devices • Inflation – taking a real-life situation and blowing it out of proportion to make it ridiculous and showcase its faults • Diminution – taking a real-life situation and reducing it to make it ridiculous and showcase its faults • Grotesque – creating a tension between laughter and horror or revulsion – the essence of all “sick humor” or “black humor”

  11. Now for some examples

  12. Example 1 – from Despair.com • What tools are used? • What type of satire is it?

  13. Example 2– Political Cartoon • What tools are used? • What type of satire is it?

  14. Example 3 – (once) Popular song • What tools are used? • What type of satire is it?

  15. Example 4 – Political Cartoon • What tools are used? • What type of satire is it?

  16. Example 5 – Children’s Film • What tools are used? • What type of satire is it?

  17. Example 6 – Mock News • What tools are used? • What type of satire is it?

  18. Example 7 – Musical Parody • What tools are used? • What type of satire is it?

  19. Example 8 – War is Kind • Do this on your own! • Read through it and determine • What the author is using to make his point • The element of society that s/he is criticizing • What type of satire the poem represents

  20. Animal Farm • Key Terms: • It is a SATIRE • It is also an ALLEGORY (a story in which EVERYTHING stands for something beyond the actual story on the page) • Reading Schedule: • On your original calendar • Expect reading quizzes • Chapter 1-2 due Wednesday along with Edmodo posts!

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