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CHRISTIAN THORNE CHRISTIANTHORNEis a graduate student 532 PMLA Satire the Market and the Invention of Literature anything Print culture may have played sorne thing like democratizing role. 11 Great Expectations. English 1 CAS. Satire. In a literary work, satire is writing that ridicules its subject through the use of techniques such as:. Exaggeration. Reversal (irony). Incongruity (things that don’t match up or make sense). Understanding the works of Swift. . Satire: a technical definition. “… the literary art of diminishing or derogating a subject by making it ridiculous and evoking towards it attitudes of amusement, contempt, scorn, or indignation” (Abrams, . English 10: British Literature . Mr. . Ambrose & Ms. Stevens. Featuring Shrek, The Tick, Monty Python, and the Onion. What is satire?. Satire: . A literary work that ridicules its subject in order to make a comment or criticism about it.. A brief overview. Night class – Spring 2013. What is satire?. Satire is a style of rhetoric that exposes vices and foolishness in people and society . Satire generally uses humor, irony, sarcasm, and other techniques to get an emotional reaction from the audience. Dr. Maier. Satire. Definition: A genre that pokes fun at some element of society (or society as a whole) and often uses laughter as a means of correcting vice.. . Horatian versus Juvenalian Satire. Horatian Satire: pokes fun at society through good-natured and playful humor. . . Even light-hearted satire has a serious after-taste:. "first make people laugh, and then make them think.". Definition of Satire. A genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, . What is a satire?. A satire is any piece of writing or graphic media designed to make its readers feel . critical . – of themselves, of their fellow human beings, and of their society. . Satire is usually directed at humanity in general, but can also target a specific group or individual.. Or, the same in the other.. Satire again…. Satire is a . literary style. .. It is . persuasive. by nature. . It mocks individuals, institutions, societies, and events. . It is meant to influence how a person thinks, feels, and acts. . Represent a point of view. Make an argument. Aim to provoke thought about an issue. Reveal cultural assumptions, prevailing moods, and sometimes real insights about events and . trends. Can be visual, musical, print, video, etc.. Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Joseph Addison. and Richard Steele, and Mary Wollstonecraft. Wit. noun. . : an ability to say or write things that are clever and usually funny. . a person who is known for making clever and funny . Shannon . Avison. . Michael . Meadows. Canadian Journal of Communication, . 2000, Vol. . 25, No. . 3. http://. www.cjc-online.ca. /. index.php. /journal/article/view/1163/1082. Aboriginal communication systems existed on the North American and Australian continents for tens of thousands of years before white invasion. . --Jonathan Swift. Methods. Madness. Major players. Satire. “A literary manner that blends a critical attitude with humor and wit for the purpose of improving human institutions or humanity.” (Holman). Satire Analysis. “Satire is a literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society.”. “Satirist use irony and exaggeration to poke fun at human faults and foolishness in order to correct human behavior.”.