1. Satire
Juvenalian – negative view of censorship

2. Definition
A literary work that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as exaggeration, reversal, incongruity, and/or parody in order to make a comment or criticism about it.

3. First Type of Satire: Formal
In formal satire, the satiric voice speaks, usually in the first person, either directly to the reader or to a character in the written work.
There are two types of formal satire: Horatian and Juvenalian

4. Horatian Satire
Horatian Satire, named for the Roman poet, Horace, is gentle, urbane, smiling; it aims to correct through gentle and sympathetic laughter.

5. Horatian Satire
Positive “poking fun” of the cell phone generation

6. Horatian Satire
Horation – positive poking fun of our “fast food generation” and the idea of corrupt firms

7. Juvenalian Satire
Juvenalian Satire, named for the Roman poet Juvenal, is biting, bitter, angry; it points with contempt and moral indignation to the corruption and evil of human beings and institutions.

8. Juvenalian Satire
Juvenalian because of the dark undertone and focus on such a negative thing as the bombing of Heroshima and Nagasaki.

9. Juvenalian Satire
Negative undertones – biting humor

10. Second Type of Satire Indirect Satire:
In indirect satire, the satire is expressed through a narrative, and the characters or groups who are the focus of the satire are ridiculed not by what is said about them, but by what they themselves say and do.
Much of the great literary satire is indirect.

11. Examples of Indirect Satire:
The Simpsons
Family Guy
South Park
Brave New World
Great Expectations
Scary Movie 1, 2 and 3
Chappelle’s Show
Clueless
Saturday Night Live
MAD TV.
Naked Gun
The Truman Show
Scrubs
Huckleberry Finn

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

13. Exaggeration
Showing the expansion of our population through sticking them in a phone booth – exaggeration because it compares our world to the phonebooth – can we handle more expansion?

14. Incongruity
A microscope would not be invented during the prehistoric times.

15. Reversal
Dog is speaking – human is telling his problems

16. Parody
Poking fun at the Mona Lisa – something that is well known, but putting a twist on it.

17. Horation or Juvenalian?
Juvenalian – negative undertone of the idea of eating meat and choosing the lesser of two evils

18. Horation or Juvenalian?
Horation – light hearted poking fun at the economic crisis and the rising gas prices

19. Which of the four types?
Reversal – dog is reading the book “War and Fleas” and speaking to his owner

20. Horation or Juvenalian?
Juvenalian – negative look at what happens to your tatoos over the years

21. Horation or Juvenalian?
Horation – funny view of the fact that so many people are interested in moving to the U.S. and we make them go through classes to become American citizens, yet they still don’t speak English and don’t understand the words, let alone the meaning of the words.

22. Horation or Juvenalian?
Juvenalian – negative view of the tobacco insdustry - dark humor and biting wit

23. Horation or Juvenalian?
Horation – silly example of the process of evolution – focusing on those who are “not so smart”

24. Which of the four types?
Reversal – Wolf as the manager who is interviewing the kid.

25. Which of the four types?
Parody of the typical evolutionary chart found in science books – exaggeration because of showing the sort of “de-evolution” of man reverting back to the posture of an ape

26. Which of the four types?
Reversal – turkeys as humans supporting their “party”

27. Which of the four types?
Parody – mimicking the influx of American chains everywhere in the US

28. Which of the four types?
Exaggeration – baby is using the computer to search a topic

29. Which of the four types?
Incongruity – Starbucks should not be in business during the Victorian era.

30. Which of the four types?
Reversal – bears talking

31. Horation or Juvenalian?
Incongruity – Junk Mailbox located along side an ocean in old China

32. Which of the four types?
Exaggeration – little boy is using the computer and commenting on how he learned to read LAST year.

33. Which of the four types?
Incongruity – copyright sign located on cave paintings?

34. Which of the four types?
Parody – mimicking the Last Supper painting – but this is the Last Breakfast

35. Which of the four types?
Reversal – Animals participating in human activities – and speaking