Satire - PowerPoint Presentation

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Satire

Even light-hearted satire has a serious after-taste:"first make people laugh, and then make them think."Slide2

Definition of Satire

A genre in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, or scorn, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, groups and/or society itself, into improvement.Slide3

The Many Faces of Satire

Saturday

Night

Live

The

Daily

Show

The Colbert Report

Shrek

The Onion

Austin Powers

Most

political cartoons in newspapers and

magazines

Weird

Al

Yankovic’s

musicSlide4

Satire is…

…

usually meant to be funny, but its

greater

purpose is often

to criticize some aspect of society, using wit as a weapon

to attack that shortcoming.

…commonly characterized by

sarcasm

& irony

:Sarcasm--sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain “I am not young enough to know everything.” “Marriage is the chief cause of divorce.”Irony--the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning Who can list the three types of irony?Can you define them?Slide5

Verbal Irony

is when a speaker says one thing, but means another. NOT sarcasm!

Dramatic

Irony

is

when an event occurs whose significance is understood by the audience and not the characters

.

Audience knows more than the characters.

Situational Irony

is when something happens and a reversal of expectations occurs

.

This one can get tricky, however…

Oh,

yesss

! I LOVE rotten cheese :DSlide6

in satire…Irony is

MILITANTThis "militant" irony,

or sarcasm, often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.

For example: Jonathon Swift’s suggestion of a possible solution to end Ireland’s problems of over-population and starvation in “A Modest Proposal.”

Yum!!!Slide7

Methods of Satire

Exaggeration

To 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.

Juxtaposition

the act

of

placing two or

more opposite/unalike

things side by side;

to add contrast

Analogy

A comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.Double entendre ambiguity of meaning arising from language that lends itself to more than one interpretation; or a word or expression capable of two interpretations with one usually being risqué Incongruity To present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings. Particular techniques include oxymoron, metaphor, and irony. Reversal To present the opposite of the normal order. Reversal can focus on the order of events, such as serving dessert before the main dish or having breakfast for dinner. Additionally, reversal can focus on hierarchical order—for instance, when a young child makes all the decisions for a family.Slide8

Modes of Satire

Parody—

A

humorous imitation of style, characters, or subject matter of serious writing. Parody is designed to ridicule a work or to point out, or exaggerate its characteristics.

Spoof—

Used

to make fun or mock someone or something by imitating them in a funny or satirical

way. Imitate

(something) while exaggerating its characteristic features for comic effect: "“Scary Movie” spoofs horror movies".

Caricature—

A humorous picture that exaggerates or distorts certain qualities in order to create a ridiculous effect.

Its

true intent is not to criticize just one individual, but rather to ridicule an entire societal group or social practice. Mock-Heroic—Ridiculing or burlesquing (grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation) heroic style, character, or action Lampooning—A harsh attack on an individual. It can be written, or in the form of a drawing. In the early years of the United States, political lampoons were both common and vicious. Our own political cartoons can be seen as lampoons. Slide9

Two Classifications of Satire:

Horatian satire, named for the Roman satirist

Horace (65–8 BCE), playfully criticizes some social vice through gentle, mild, and light-hearted humour. It directs wit, exaggeration, and self-deprecating humour

toward what it identifies as folly, rather than evil.

Makes you laugh, thoughtful reflection is the aftertaste.

Juvenalian

satire

, named after the Roman satirist

Juvenal

(late 1st century – early 2nd century CE), is more contemptuous and

abrasive and addresses

social evil through scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule. This form is often pessimistic, characterized by irony, sarcasm and moral indignation with less emphasis on humor. Makes you feel a knot in your stomach at first, the aftertaste you’re left with makes you want to change your evil ways, or the evils ways of others. Slide10

Personal Attitudes Used in Satire

Pessimists:

people with a gloomy outlook of the world and always expect the worst to happen.

Misanthropes:

those who despise and distrust the human race.

Cynics:

people who do not trust the sincerity and/or motives of others.

Optimists:

counters the pessimist, those who view the world with hope and expect the best outcomes.

Philanthropists:

opposed to misanthropes, people who work to better the world and love the human race.

Pollyanna: those who trust "the sun will come out tomorrow" regardless of how many misfortunes they must endure.Slide11

Review

What is satire?What are the two primary classifications or satire?What are the modes of Satire?What methods might an author employ when writing a satire?Slide12

Theme

Topic + Message = ThemeTopic = What is the story about? “Romeo and Juliet is about love, relationships, hate, rivalry, rebellion.”

Message = What is the author trying to teach us about that topic through writing this story? Shakespeare wrote

Romeo and Juliet

to show

how futile teenage relationships can be

.

True love waits, and teenagers are naturally impatient, therefore teenage love cannot be true love.