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  • 1.Satire Unit Mr. Varnum Honors British Literature January 2008

2. Definition

  • Satire
    • A kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice or folly in order to bring about a change in society.
    • "Satires often try to persuade the reader to do or believe something by showing the opposite view as absurd or -- even more forcefully -- vicious and inhumane" - Elements of Literature, Sixth Course, Literature of Britain and World Classics (1201).

3. Modern Examples

  • Family Guy
  • The Simpsons
  • Saturday Night Live
  • Meet the Spartans
  • Not Another Teen Movie
  • Shrek
  • Others?

4. What aspects of society doesThe Simpsonsridicule? 5. Tools of a satirist

  • Irony (verbal and situational)
  • Hyperbole
  • Understatement
  • Sarcasm
  • Double Entendre
  • Parody (imitation of work of art for amusement or instruction)

6. What tools does the creator ofThe Simpsonsuse to satirize society? 7. What we will read

  • The Restoration and the Eighteenth Century (467-484)
  • Swift Bio (486)
  • Gullivers Travels(487-501)
  • A Modest Proposal (502-513)

Jonathan Swift 1667-1745 www.gutenberg.org 8. What we will watch

  • This is Spinal Tap(1984)
  • A rockumentary
  • Satirizes the rock and roll industry

9. What you will do

  • Watch the film and complete a Type II response at the conclusion.
  • Read the Swift satires and complete all Reading Check questions by February 4/5.
  • Write an essay explaining what he ridicules and how he does it due on February 11/12.
  • Essay assignment can be found at http://tvarnum.edublogs.org