SATIRE
What is satire? Satire is a work of art that shows human vice or folly in a way to make it ridiculous or laughable.
What is satire? Vice – evil ,bad habit or practice Folly - foolishness
What is satire? It varies in mood, technique and target.
What is satire? Satire may be personal and directed at specific people or it can general, concerned with sections of society or with the human race as a whole.
What is satire? Satire can laugh us out of our folly and produce change. If bitter in tone, it can shame us out of our folly. It can make us uncomfortable and motivated to do better or be better.
What is satire? Ideally, satire can produce change.
Techniques of satire Horatian Satire: Juvenalian Satire: Kinder, gentler, polite satire Juvenalian Satire: Bitter, biting, caustic satire
Techniques of satire (lit devices) Exaggeration/hyperbole: Exaggerating features of human behavior in order to highlight deficiencies; to say more than you mean Ex. I am so hungry that I could eat a horse.
Techniques of satire (lit devices) Understatement Saying less than you mean Ex. Mount Everest is a little hill.
Techniques of satire (lit devices) Euphemism Using a gentle, softer word for one that is potentially harsh or cutting Ex. Passed away instead of died
Techniques of satire (lit devices) details Using specific examples and data to support an argument Ex. Money, numbers, dates, etc.
Techniques of satire (lit devices) Allusion an implied reference to a work of art, literature, historical person, place, idea, myth Ex. It must have rained for 40 days and 40 nights.
Techniques of satire (lit devices) irony To say one thing, but mean another To expect one result, but get another Ex. To name my Great Dane “Tiny.”
Techniques of satire (lit devices) Bathos To go from the serious to the ridiculous very quickly Ex. I love my country, my wife, my job and chocolate candy. Ex. Here Thou, great Anna! whom three Realms obey, Dost sometimes Counsel take — and sometimes Tea
Techniques of satire (lit devices) Mock-heroic Imitates and exaggerates and distorts the literary epic (e.g. Beowulf) and its style. Ex. In this passage, the narrator is describing a card game: Belinda now, whom Thirst of Fame invites, Burns to encounter two adventrous Knights, At Ombre singly to decide their Doom; And swells her Breast with Conquests yet to come. Strait the three Bands prepare in Arms to join, Each Band the number of the Sacred Nine. Soon as she spreads her Hand, th' Aerial Guard Descend, and sit on each important Card,
Techniques of satire (lit devices) parody Imitating or making fun of a work of literature or art in order to be offer a new perspective; parodies can be serious or funny Ex. Twisted fairy tales – “Stinky Cheese Man” Ex. Grendel
Some results of the techniques of satire They : Create incongruities and reversals Mock the behavior to show its weakness, ridiculousness Bring about a change or at least initiate a change