1. Satire
Laughter as a Weapon

2. Satire
What is satire?
A form of social and political protest using humor
Uses irony and exaggeration to make fun of human faults and foolishness
An attempt to correct human behavior

3. History of Satire
Began with ancient Greeks but really flourished with ancient Rome where the fathers of satire, Horace and Juvenal, had their names given to the two basic types of satire.

4. Types of Satire Playfully amusing
Horatian
Juvenalian
Playfully amusing
Seeks to correct behavior with gentle laughter and understanding.
It directs wit, exaggeration, and self- deprecating humor toward what it identifies as folly, rather than evil.
Bitter and criticizing
Seeks to ridicule corruption and incompetence with anger.
This form is often pessimistic, characterized by irony, sarcasm, moral indignation and personal invective, with less emphasis on humor.

5. Satire Analysis Object of satire:
What part of the object of satire does the author think needs to change? What should it change to?
Devices used-for what purpose?
Is it Horatian or Juvenalian?
How do you know?

6. Rhetorical Devices Hyperbole Parody Pun Sarcasm Irony Invective
How to Go Paleo
SNL Skit You can Do Anything
Jimmy Fallon "#Hasthtag"

7. John Holcroft-”Death of Literature”

8. Practice
1. List aspects of life/people/society you would wish to change. Aim for 8.
2. Pick one and reflect. How would you want it to change? Why?