SATIRE

USING HUMOUR TO RIDICULE

WHAT IS SATIRE?

Using mockery

- to demonstrate people’s flaws

* hypocrisy

* failure

- to evoke change

* make people aware of foibles

*inspire people to adjust thoughts/actions

TYPES OF SATIRE...Burlesque

- imitation, through exaggeration, of a person

Caricature

- imitation, through exaggeration, of physical features and expressions of a person

Parody

- imitation, through hyperbole, of a whole text and it’s voice and structure.

TECHNIQUES OF SATIRE

Irony

Sarcasm

Exaggeration

Hyperbole

Contrast

Language of humour

IRONY- LANGUAGE WITH DOUBLE MEANINGverbal irony - literal meaning of what’s said is opposite to intended message

dramatic irony - characters say/represent opposite of what the composer wants us to understand

situational irony - contrast between what we expect and what actually happens

socratic irony - person with more knowledge feigns ignorance and presents info to his/her advantage

... “Probity & Sons, Morticians,

did a really first-class job on his face

(everyone was very pleased) even adding a

healthy tan he'd never had, living, gave him back for keeps

the old automatic smile with nothing

behind it,”...

SARCASM – spiteful or hurtful language with double meaning

Word of Greek origin... “to tear flesh”

A personal attack

Often incorporates irony

HYPERBOLE – exaggerated exaggeration

Accentuates and over emphasises to reflect the significance of something

Exaggerated phrases might have some truth

Hyperbole is language that’s not plausible.

CONTRAST – to draw differences

Oxymoron

a contradiction between two words used beside each other

Paradox

a seemingly contradictory statement that actually rings true

Juxtaposition

placement of two ‘like’ images beside each other to emphasise their differences

LANGUAGE OF HUMOUR

Wit

Pun

malapropism

Imagery

metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia

Allegory

analogy

SO, WHY USE SATIRE?

“The best satire does not seek to do harm or damage by its ridicule, unless we speak of damage to the structure of vice, but rather it seeks to create a shock of recognition and to make vice

repulsive so that the vice will be expunged from the person or society under attack or from the person or society intended to benefit by the

attack”