We took some notes on Satire today and read a few example stories. Here are the notes:
• Satire is a literary technique of writing or art which principally ridicules its subject (individuals, organizations, states) often as an intended means of provoking or preventing change.
o In Celtic societies, it was thought a bard's satire could have physical effects, similar to a curse. A satirist is one who satirizes.
Satire is not exclusive to any viewpoint.
• Parody is a form of humor that imitates another work of art in an exaggerated fashion for comic effect, usually deriding the subject of the parody in the process.
• Although the techniques of satire and parody often overlap, they are not synonymous.
• Satires need not be humorous - indeed, they are often tragic - while parodies are almost inevitably humorous.
o Parodies are imitative by definition, while satires need not be.
o Humorous satires often base the humor on the juxtaposition between the satire and reality. The humor of such a satire tends to be subtle , using irony and deadpan humor liberally.
Common examples of satire include:
• Diminution: Reduces the size of something in order that it may be made to appear ridiculous or in order to be examined closely and have its faults seen close up.
o For example, treating the Canadian Members of Parliament as a squabbling group of little boys is an example of diminution. The first portion of Gulliver's Travels, set in the ficticious land of Liliput, is a diminutive satire.
• Inflation: A common technique of satire is to take a real-life situation and exaggerate it to such a degree that it becomes ridiculous and its faults can be seen, and thus satirical.
• For example, two boys arguing over a possession of a car can be inflated into an interstellar war.
• Juxtaposition: Places things of unequal importance side by side. It brings all the things down to the lowest level of importance on the list. For example, if a guy says his important subjects in school include Calculus, Computer Science, Physics, and girl-watching, he has managed to take away some of the importance of the first three.
2nd Per - Honors:
We went down to the library today to work on a new essay. You need to choose a religious philosopher who had an impact on the world. There are quite a few examples from the didactic literature in your books on pages 332 - 341.
- You will write a 3 - 5 page report WITH references, citations and a works cited page.
- THIS WILL BE DONE IN APA FORMAT - NOT MLA.
- MLA is for English papers.
- Since we are working on a religious/philosophy paper this time, we will use the formatting of choice for those fields, which is APA.
- Describe the life of the philsopher in a brief biography.
- Discuss how they started their movement.
- Discuss how it impacted society in their day.
- Discuss the ramifications for our own day.
- Are there any of these followers left?
- Do they still adhere to the ideals/values/cultures that came with their time on the world stage?
- Due Friday, April 11.
- We reviewed the grammar exercise that you did in class the other day from Chapter 16 review in the language book. These were handed in and you will be given credit on a done/not done basis.
- Please remember to study for the vocab (week 5) and spelling (11A) quiz tomorrow.
- Don't forget that your rough draft for your persuasive papers is due Monday and the final draft is due on Friday Feb 11.
- Students continued working on the computers for their Science papers. The rough draft is due tomorrow. Formatting and giving credit to your sources is the key target here.
- See the instructions for Honors English from above. You are working on the same project for the next week or so.
- Students had the entire period to work on their Prezi's about their authors. These are due on Tuesday of this coming week. Please make sure you get it done on time. Big projects like this are worth quite a few points.
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