Satirical Conventions Flashcards
Conventions
Comedy: verbal (irony, sarcasm) physical,
Black comedy: a type of comedy in which tragic or distressing subject matter is dealt with in a
humorous way.
Farce (a comic dramatic work using buffoonery and horseplay and typically including crude characterisation and
ludicrously improbable situations.)
Slapstick humour (Slapstick is a style of humour involving exaggerated physical activity)
Puns/manipulation of language
Exaggerated/stock characters
Parody (an imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect)
Use of direct address
Songs
Treatment of topical issues
Political Satire
specialises in gaining entertainment from politics: it has also been used with subversive intent where a political speech and dissent are forbidden by a regime, as a method of advancing political argument where arguments are expressively forbidden.
Satire
A way of using humour to show that someone or something is foolish, humour that shows the weaknesses or bad qualities of a person, government, society
