satire sătīr noun A literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony derision or wit It aims to improve society by its humorous criticism A branch of literature constituting such works ID: 758346
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Neoclassical Theater & SatireSlide2
sat·ire (săt'īr') nounA literary work in which human vice or folly is attacked through irony, derision, or wit. It aims to improve society by its humorous criticism.
A branch of literature constituting such works:
* Mark Twain, Kurt Vonnegut, David Sedaris, John Stewart
Changing a negative situation by making fun of it.
Examples:
Irony, sarcasm, or wit used to attack and expose folly, vice, or stupidity.Slide3
Types of SatireSlide4
1) Horatian: gentle, sympathetic satire where the
subject
is mildly made fun of with light joking. Slide5
2) Juvenalian:harsher form that uses contempt and condemnation toward the subject. Slide6
3) Menippean:chaotic, formless satire that attacks the structure
of the
world
as well as its subject matter. Slide7
Purposes of Satire
Ethical Reform
:
It
attacks those institutions or individuals
that the
satirist deems corrupt.
*THINK:
Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain)
It works to make vice laughable
and
thus bring
social pressure
on those who
engage
in wrongdoing. Slide8
Purposes of Satire
Ethical Reform
:
It
attacks those institutions or individuals
that the
satirist deems corrupt.
It works to make vice laughable
and
thus bring
social pressure
on those who
engage
in wrongdoing.
It seeks a
reform in
public
behavior
;
an
improvement in standards
, or at the very least
, a
wake-up
call to
a
corrupt culture.
Satire is often implicit and assumes readers who can pick up on its
moral clues
. Slide9
Key & Peele - “School Bully”
Answer the following question in your notes:
1. How is this clip satire?
2. Is it funny to you? Explain why.
3. Name one problem that this clip is trying to draw attention to in hopes of fixing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUvFeyGxaaUSlide10
While watching the following clip, identify three topics that are satirized. On your paper, complete the following chart to demonstrate your knowledge of satire.
The Simpsons - “
Margical
History Tour”
1) Example of Satire
2
) Type of
Satire
3) Description of the criticism of
the subject as made by this scene
Henry VIII
Sacagawea
Mozart
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Jonathan Swift1667-1745Irish writerUsed literary talents for
social reform
Works Include:
“A Modest Proposal”
It highlights
a way to solve hunger, overpopulation, and poverty in Ireland.Slide13
“I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ...”Slide14
William Hogarth1697-1764English painterPicture series of
moral corruption
Audience was
middle class
public eager to laugh at
neighbors
Works Include:
A Rake’s Progress
8
paintings
showing the decline and fall of
Tom
Rakewell
Slide15
Rakish (adj)stylish in a dashing or sporty way
Synonyms
: casual, confident, breezy, stylish, sporty, dashing, jaunty, dapper, debonairSlide16
The HeirSlide17
In the first painting, Tom has come into his fortune on the death of his miserly father. While the servants mourn, he is being measured for new clothes. He is also rejecting the hand of his pregnant fiancée, Sarah Young, whom he had promised to marry (she is holding his ring and her mother is holding his love letters). He will pay her off, but it is clear that she still loves him.Slide18
The
LevéeSlide19
In the second painting, Tom is at his morning levée in London, attended by musicians and other hangers-on all dressed in expensive costumes. Surrounding Tom from left to right: a music master at a harpsichord, who was supposed to represent George Frideric Handel; a fencing master; a quarterstaff instructor; a dancing master with a violin; a landscape gardener Charles Bridgeman; an ex-soldier offering to be a bodyguard; a bugler of a fox
hunt
club. At lower right is a jockey with a silver trophy. The quarterstaff instructor looks disapprovingly on both the fencing and dancing masters. Both masters appear to be in the "French" style, which was a subject Hogarth loathed.Slide20
The OrgySlide21
The third painting depicts a wild party or orgy underway at a brothel. The whores are stealing the drunken Tom's watch. On the floor is a night watchman's staff and lantern. The scene takes place at the Rose Tavern, a famous brothel in Covent Garden. The prostitutes have black spots on their faces to cover syphilitic sores.Slide22
The ArrestSlide23
In the fourth, he narrowly escapes arrest for debt by Welsh bailiffs (as signified by the leeks, a Welsh emblem, in their hats) as he travels in a sedan chair to a party at St. James's Palace to celebrate Queen Caroline's birthday on Saint David's Day (Saint David is the patron saint of Wales). On this occasion he is saved by the intervention of Sarah Young, the girl he had earlier rejected; she is apparently a dealer in millinery. In comic relief, a man filling a street lantern spills the oil on Tom's head. This is a sly reference to how blessings on a person were accompanied by oil poured on the head. In this case the "blessing" being the "saving" of Tom by Sarah, although Rakewell, being a rake, will not take the moral lesson to heart. In the engraved version, lighting flashes in the sky and a young pickpocket has just emptied Tom's pocket. The painting, however, shows the young thief stealing Tom's cane and has no lightning.Slide24
The MarriageSlide25
In the fifth, Tom attempts to salvage his fortune by marrying a rich but aged and ugly old maid at St Marylebone. In the background Sarah arrives holding their child while her indignant mother struggles with a guest.Slide26
The Gaming HouseSlide27
The sixth painting shows Tom pleading for the assistance of the Almighty in a gambling den at Soho's White Club after losing his "new fortune." Neither he nor the other obsessive gamblers seem to have noticed a fire breaking out behind them.Slide28
The Prison Slide29
All is lost by the seventh painting, and Tom is incarcerated in the notorious Fleet debtor's prison. He ignores the distress of both his angry new (old) wife and faithful Sarah, who cannot help him this time. Both the beer-boy and the jailer demand money from him. Tom begins to go mad, as indicated by both a telescope for celestial observation poking out of the barred window and an alchemy experiment in the background. Besides Tom is a rejected play; another inmate is writing a pamphlet on how to solve the National debt. Above the bed at right is an apparatus for wings, which is more clearly seen in the engraved version at the left.Slide30
The MadhouseSlide31
Finally insane and violent, in the eighth painting he ends his days in Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam), London's celebrated mental asylum. Only Sarah Young is there to comfort him, but Rakewell continues to ignore her. While some of the details in these pictures may appear disturbing to modern eyes, they were commonplace in Hogarth's day. For example, the fashionably dressed women in this last painting have come to the asylum as a social occasion, to be entertained by the bizarre antics of the inmates.Slide32
Exit Slip1) Define satire2) Name the three types of satire.3) Why was Swift’s proposal to eat Irish children to curb the population boom satire?
4) Summarize
why
A Rake’s Progress,
by
Hogarth,
is considered satire. Slide33
Objective: To demonstrate your knowledge of satire in visual artAssignment: In pairs, make a poster that analyzes A Rake’s Progress
by completing the following:
Title your poster “Satire in
A Rake’s Progress
”
In pairs match the eight images to the correct description.
Glue these images, with their descriptions, in order on your poster
Summarize the rise and fall of Tom
Rakewell
Evaluation: Why is this series a satire?
A Rake’s Progress
ActivitySlide34
Poster Outline
Evaluation: Why
is this series a satire?
Title of Poster: “Satire in
A Rake’s Progress
”
Summary: The Rise and Fall of Tom
Rakewell
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