2. Satire (n)
Literaryart of diminishing a subject by
making it ridiculous and evoking toward it
attitudes of amusement, contempt, scorn
or indignation
Takes form from genre it spoofs
Horation Satire playful in tone
Juvenalian harsh in tone
3. Parody
Used as noun and verb (a parody or to
parody)
To imitate the techniques and/or style of
some person, place, or thing in order to
ridicule the original.
to be successful, audience must know the
original text that is being ridiculed
less scornful than satire
4. Lampoon
artisticform of satire and parody, usually
a picture, drawing, comic or other form of
visual expression
purpose is to amuse the audience while
pointing out flaws
5. Purpose of Satire
Allsatire has a purpose
to use creative techniques to:
amuse the audience
poke fun at a target in order to promote
some kind of positive change
not simply insulting or making fun of
something or someone
6. Targets of Satire
Allsatire has a target
the person, issue, group or situation that is
being held up for ridicule in the satire
7. Audience of Satire
the general public
individuals who can make the kind of
change suggested by the satire
8. Techniques of Satire
generally used to make a comment or
criticism about a particular subject or
character
Include:
Exaggeration
Understatement
Incongruity
Reversal
9. Exaggeration
Enlarge, increase, or represent something
beyond normal bounds so that it becomes
ridiculous and its faults can be seen
Caricature is the exaggeration of a physical
feature or trait.
Cartoons, especially political cartoons, provide
extensive examples of caricature
Burlesque is the ridiculous exaggeration of
language.
For instance, when a character who should use
formal, intelligent language speaks like a fool or
a character who is portrayed as uneducated
uses highly sophisticated, intelligent language.
10. Understatement
todiminish or downplay something to a
ridiculously low level in order to make a
very important issue seem unimportant
and to therefore emphasize it
11. Incongruity
To present things that are out of place or
are absurd in relation to its surroundings.
Particular techniques include:
oxymoron
metaphor
irony
12. Reversal
To present the opposite of the normal order
can focus on the order of events, such as
serving dessert before the main dish or having
breakfast for dinner
can focus on hierarchical order—for instance,
when a young child makes all the decisions
for a family or when an administrative
assistant dictates what the company
president decides and does
13. Irony
discrepancy between what one expects to
hear or see and what one actually does hear
or see
Three types:
verbal irony – saying one thing and meaning
another
situational irony – doing something that is
opposite of what one expects
dramatic irony – occurs when the audience
knows something that the characters do not
(frequent in novels and plays)
14. Improbability
Topresent things that are highly unlikely to
happen or even be
Examples:
events
conversations
character types
