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Title: Satire


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Satire
  • Elements and Effects

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Definition
  • A work or manner that blends a censorious
    attitude with humor and wit for improving human
    institutions or humanity.

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Purpose
  • To inspire a remodeling of subject
  • Addisons statement of purpose
  • To pass over a single foe to charge whole
    armies.
  • To deal with general run of fools, knaves,
    frauds, etc., instead of criminals.

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Types of Satire
  • Horatian
  • Gentle, urbane, smiling
  • Aims to correct by broadly sympathetic laughter

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Juvenalian
  • Biting, bitter, angry satire
  • Points with contempt and indignation to the
    corruption of human beings and institutions.

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Devices of Satire
  • Exaggeration / Hyperbole
  • May picture all politicians as corrupt
  • Understatement (a form of irony)
  • Sarcasmtell the opposite of intended meaning
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