Irony and Satire Flashcards
What is Irony
Saying one thing intentionally to convey something else
-Not possible to do with any other form of communication
Verbal Irony
The gap between the literal meaning of the words you use and their actual meaning in context
-Statement contrary to the fact (today is my lucky day after loosing phone)
-“Literally” (not actually literally)
Types of Verbal Irony x2
Hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration
Litotes: Diliberate understatement
Is Sarcasm irony?
Sometimes verbal irony but not always
-Aggressive form of humour, can still be true
Dramatic Irony
The gap between the limited knowledge of characters in drama or fiction and the greater knowledge of the audience or reader
Structural Irony
The gap between a character’s perception of events or intentions and the audience’s understanding
-We have no explicit knowledge but a idea that the way the character sees the world may not be right
Situational Irony
The gap between expected or intended results and the actual outcomes
-Bulletproof vest weighs you down and kills you (something suppose to save kills)
Cosmic Irony
Form of situational irony (the irony of fate)
Gods or fate or destiny bring unexpected outcomes for unknown readers
Portrays human lives as a plaything for higher powers who do not answer to us as we do to them
Not in Love (10ccs)
Verbal Irony: Performance of emotion with emotionally detached statements
Claims of actions (I like to see you, call you) are detached from emotions that explain them (you do not mean much to me)
Big boys don’t cry: unable to express emotion so they cannot be vulnerable and love
Green Eyes
Part 1: Has verbal irony
(my eyes aren’t green its the veggies)
(not jealous, not a friend)
Part 2: Drops the irony, I am vulnerable and insecure
-Shows that shes wearing a mask (irony) revealing in part 2 what is underneath
Satire
A polemical model (engaged in some sort of struggle) that mocks a person, group, class, way of life, viewpoint or ideology
Caricature
A grotesque exaggeration of its target
Parody
Comic Imitation
Structural Irony
Presenting a naive narrator who unquestioningly. accepts behaviour or ideas that the reader rejects with an outage
Anithesis
Contrasting good ideas with bad ones or presenting the opposite to the normal state of affairs
Situational Irony
Creating a sense of incongruity , making connections that we might initially see as normal parts of life seem bizarre and contrary to normal expectation
Types of satire based on target
Punching Up:
Mock wealthy/power (give power to those who lack social power and are often associated with protest, social critique and change)
Punching Down:
Mock stigmatized, minority groups with potentially violent consequences
Types of Satire based on voice
Simple:
One satirical voice, offering straightforward statements, using humour the audience is expected to find appropriate and agrees with
Complex
Two or more voices, the intention is difficult to pinpoint
-May use humour to make audience uncomfortable
-No clear position or team
-Audience in the problems it targets
What type of satire to use in politics
Simple
Thank you for Waiting (plane)
Satire
-People’s propensity to pursue status even though we have the same experience
-Punching up, makes fun of people who pay for the class
Did I miss anything? School
Satire: Punching down at students
-Comes across passive aggressive
Irony: Nothing and Everything
ee cummings (Anyone lived in a pretty-how town)
Irony:
-Creates an expectation and then messes with it
(Summer/Winter, Up/Down
Satire:
-Say something bland, genteel towns and they way they ignore insig. people (punching up)
