Satire Flashcards
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Define formal satire - Horatian Satire
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the criticism is gentle, and aims to correct by sympathetic laughter
2
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What are the two types of formal satire
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Horatian and Juvenalian
3
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Define formal satire - Juvebiting
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biting, bitter and angry; it points with contempt to the corrupt and evil tendencies of human beings.
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Define formal satire
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where the satiric voice speaks, usually in the first person, either directly to the audience or to the character in the satire.
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Define informal satire
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the satire is expressed through a narrative and the characters who are the “butt” are ridiculed not by what is said about them, but by what they themselves say and do
