ENGL 1010 | Lavery | Summer 2011 Satire and Parody

ENGL 1010 | Lavery | Summer 2011 Satire [Oxford English Dictionary] Etymology: < French satire (= Spanish sátira, Portuguese satira, Italian satira, German satire), or directly < Latin satira, later form of satura, in early use a discursive composition in verse treating of a variety of subjects, in classical use a poem in which prevalent follies or vices are assailed with ridicule or with serious denunciation. The employment, in speaking or writing, of sarcasm, irony, ridicule, etc. in exposing, denouncing, deriding, or ridiculing vice, folly, indecorum, abuses, or evils of any kind.

ENGL 1010 | Lavery | Summer 2011 Parody [Oxford English Dictionary] Etymology: < post-classical Latin parodia (4th cent.; in classical Latin as a Greek word) < ancient Greek παρῳδία a burlesque poem or song < παρα- PARA- prefix 1 +ᾠδήODE n. Compare French parodie (1615; 1827 in sense 2). PARA- prefix 1ODE n.2 A literary composition modeled on and imitating another work, esp. a composition in which the characteristic style and themes of a particular author or genre are satirized by being applied to inappropriate or unlikely subjects, or are otherwise exaggerated for comic effect. In later use extended to similar imitations in other artistic fields, as music, painting, film, etc.

ENGL 1010 | Lavery | Summer 2011

 8. Colon Blow  12. The Love Toilet  14. Bad Idea Jeans  17. Baby Toupees  18. Bass-O-Matic  22. Nikey-Turkey  27. Wade Blasingame, Dog Suits  28. Chia Hair  30. Litter Critters  33. Handi-Off  42. Swiffer Sleepers  44. Happy Fun Ball  46. Old Glory Robot Insurance  52. Royal Deluxe II  55. Buckwheat

ENGL 1010 | Lavery | Summer 2011 Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent’s Dinner, April 30, 2006.