SATIRE

1. SATIRE 1.theuse of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. aliterarycomposition,in verse or prose, in which human follyandviceareheld up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3. aliterary genre comprising such compositions.

2. Satire • Awork of literature that mockssocial conventions, another work of art, or anything its author thinks ridiculous. Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift, is a satire of eighteenth-century British society

3. SWIFT-”A MODEST PROPOSAL” • ”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 ...”

4. Four Techniques of Satire • Four Techniques of Satire: • Exaggeration: • To enlarge, increase, or represent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen. • Incongruity: • To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to their surroundings. • Reversal: • To present the opposite of the normal order (e.g., the order of events, hierarchical order). • Parody: • To imitate the techniques and/or style of some person, place, or thing.

5. THE ODD COUPLE • Simon challenges American values • What do you see that Simon challenges (mocks) • Men as boys? • Adult responsibility? • Roles in society?