Satire

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Satire

• Noun. Any form of literature that blends HUMOR
  with CRITICISM for the purpose of ridiculing
  folly, vice, stupidity in individuals and/or
  institutions.

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The necessary ingredients

• Humor
• Criticism, either general criticism of humanity
  or human nature or specific criticism of an
  individual or group
• Some kind of moral voice simply mocking or
  criticizing is not satire

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The Satiric Manner

• Ironic/Sarcastic
• Either good natured criticism or bitterly cynical
  denunciation
• Always opposed to pretense, affectation, and
  hypocrisy
• More than a little bit prone to references to
  things society finds taboo or disgusting (bodily
  functions, sexuality, etc.)

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• Justification for Satire
• Satire is usually justified as a way to correct
  human vice and folly. 
• The aim of satire
• to ridicule the fault or failing of the
  individual, rather than the 
• individual person
• to target only those faults that are correctable,
  not those for which the individual is not
  responsible.

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• Satire v. Comedy
• Satire differs from comedy
• Comedy evokes laughter mainly as an end in
  itself, while satire derides
• Satire uses laughter as a weapon, and against
  the butt - an object - that exists outside the
  work itself.

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Types of satire
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Direct/formal Satire stating a direct criticism
humorouslyThis is the oldest and, historically,
most common form of satiric writing.
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The Simpsons Mad Magazine
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Indirect Satire
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Parody a work of literature that mimics
another work of literature, usually as a way of
criticizing it.

• Monty Python and the Holy Grail
• Scary Movie/Epic Movie

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Understatement

• A type of verbal irony in which something is
  purposely represented as being far less important
  than it actually is

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Sarcasm

• Harsh, cutting, personal remarks to or about
  someone

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Hyperbole

• Extreme exaggeration

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Caricature An exaggerated portrayal of the
weaknesses, frailties, or humorous aspects of an
individual or group.
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• Caricatures of the presidential candidates by
  Saturday Night Live cast members in 08 year
  actually changed the way that the candidates
  performed in public.

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Exaggeration Stretching the truth (tall
tale/fish story)
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• Literary Devices
• Irony
• All three types of irony are integral to the
  satirical format

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• Dramatic Irony
• When the audience knows more than a character

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• Situational Irony
• When what happens is different from the
  audiences expectations

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• Verbal Irony
• When a character or writer says something
  different than when he or she truly means