Satire Flashcards
Caricature
exaggeration of a physical feature or trait. ex: in political cartoons
Burlesque
Ridicules a subject in an exaggerated style by either presenting a solemn subject in an undignified style or an inconsequential subject in a dignified style. Usually a dramatic work.
Incongruity
to present things that are out of place or are absurd in relation to its surroundings.
Certain techniques includes oxymoron, metaphor and irony.
Parody
to imitate the techniques/style of some person, place of thing in order to ridicule the original.
To be a success, the reader must know the original text that is being ridiculed.
Reversal
to present the opposite of the normal order.
Can focus on the order of events, such as serving dessert before the main.
Can also focus on hierarchical order–> when a young child makes all the decisions for a family.
Satire
sarcasm, irony or wit used to ridicule or mock
Satirical styles
Direct Satire–> directly stated
Indirect Satire–> communited through characters in a situation
Types of satire
Horatian: light-hearted, intended for fun
Juvenalian: bitter, angrily attacked
Irony
Actual intent is expressed in words which carry the opposite meaning. Less harsh wording than sarcasm, but more cutting due to indirectness.
ie: words of praise to imply blame, and vice versa
Verbal irony
simply an inversion of meaning.
Dramatic irony
when the words or acts of a character carry a meaning unperceived by himself but understood by the audience.
Socratic irony
faking ignorance to achieve some advantage over an opponent.
Situational irony
depends on a discrepancy between purpose and results
Ie: Olympic swimmer downs in bathtub, a prank backfires
Farce
exciting laughter through exaggerated, improbable situations; usually contains low comedy; quarreling, fighting, coarse with, horseplay, trickery, drunkenness.
Sarcasm
a sharply mocking or comtemptuous remark.
Knaves and fools
in comedy there are no villains or innocent victims–> instead there are rogues (__________) and suckers (______). When these two interact, comic satire results, and they expose each other when they meet.
Malaproprism
a deliberate mispronunciation of a name or term with the intent of poking fun at it.
Exaggeration
to enlarge, increase, or respresent something beyond normal bounds so that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen.
Reductio ad absurdum
Technique whereby the author agrees enthusiastically with the basic attitudes or assumptions he wishes to satirizes and, by pushing them to a logically ridiculous extreme, exposes the foolishness of the original attitudes and assumptions
To reduce to an absurdity
Litotes
Figure of speech which employs an understand meant by using double negatives, or, in other words, positive statements
Understatement/diminution
To intentionally downplay or trivialize a troubling or important event for comic or satirical effect. Reducing it to make it ridiculous and showcase its faults
Grotesque
Creating a tension between laughter and horror or revulsion
Invective
Harsh, abusive , denunciatory language or discourse directed against a person or cause
Logical fallacy
Common errors in reasoning that will determine the logic of one’s argument.
Can be illegitimate arguments or irrelevant pointe and are often identified because they lack evidence that supports their claim
Mock hero/epic
A satirical style that sets up a deliberately disproportionate and witty distance between the elevated language of epic poetry used to describe an action and the triviality or foolishness of the action
Travesty
Presents a subject (usually religion) frivolously reducing everything to it’s lowest level
