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SatireSatire
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Journal 3-1• What is satire? What is the goal of
satire?
• What do you associate with “satire”?
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Defined• Satire mainly exposes and ridicules evil
and stupidity as these qualities manifest themselves in persons, groups of persons, ideas, institutions, customs or beliefs.
• Satire is born of the instinct to protest; it is protest become art and a refinement of anger.
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Two types• Horatian
Satire• Gentle• Tries to evoke a
smile• Writer is urbane,
sophisticated, man-of-the-world
• Attitude: Amused at foibles of men
• Juvenalian Satire
• Harsh• Tries to arouse moral
indignation, anger• Writer is a serious
moralist, a dedicated reformer
• Attitude: Bitter, denunciatory, attacking vices of men
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Horatian or Juvenalian?
You decide…
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Horatian or Juvenalian?
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Horatian or Juvenalian?
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Satirical Devices• All devices can work to create
satire: tone, simile, metaphor, personification, allusion, juxtaposition, shift, contrast, repetition, etc.
• But here are a few new devices that are also found in satire.
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Sarcasm• A harsh, personally directed
comment; to use praise to mock someone
• Example: To refer to a 98-pound weakling as a “real he-man”
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Overstatement/Exaggeration
• To say more than you mean to say; to exaggerate
• Example: I am so hungry, I could eat a horse.
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Understatement • To say less than you mean to say
• Example: When the computer crashes with your final project on it, and someone says, “Houston, we have a small problem here.”
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Parody • Mockery of a specific, known person, literary
work, movie, event (imitation of a thing in such a way as to make it look ridiculous)
• Example: General MacArthur said, “Old soldiers never die, they just fade away.” Parodies: “Old blondes never fade, they just dye away.” Or, “Old soldiers never die, but young men do.” (dye is also a pun)
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Irony• Usually situational, the opposite of
what is expected to happen happens
• Example: An Olympic swimmer drowns, a fire station burns down, etc.
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Generalization • Applying something to all cases,
neglecting differences
• Example: He wears glasses. Of course he made an A.
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Bathos• To go from the serious to the
ridiculous quickly
• Example: “I love my country, my job, my wife, and chocolate.”
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Pun • A play on words based on the
similarity of their sounds; using words that have different meanings
• Example: What type of guitar do fish like to play?
• A bass guitar
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• Many modern TV shows combine satirical and comical elements. The most prominent TV satire is the animated series The Simpsons
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Other examples are South Park Animated shows can easily use images of public figures and generally have greater latitude than conventional shows using actors.
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American Beauty is an acclaimed 1999 drama film that explores themes of love, freedom, beauty, self-liberation, existentialism, the search for happiness, and family against the backdrop of modern American suburbia.
American Beauty
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• Saved! is a 2004 satirical teen comedy about a girl (Malone) attending a Christian high school who becomes pregnant, she finds herself ostracized and demonized, as all of her former friends turn on her.
Saved!
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Mean GirlsCady Heron (Lohan) is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels (Bennett), the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George (McAdams).
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Parodies in Film• Robin Hood Men in Tights• Spaceballs• Young Frankenstein• Epic Movie• Not Another Teen Movie