introduction to satire - john mcglashan college...
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SATIRE
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SATIRE
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SATIRE
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DEFINING SATIRE 1
• OED: – The use of sarcasm, irony, ridicule etc in
denouncing, exposing or deriding vice, folly, abuses or evils of any kind
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DEFINING SATIRE 2
• OED: using – sarcasm,
– irony,
– ridicule etc
• in denouncing, exposing or deriding – vice,
– folly,
– abuses or
– evils of any kind
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DEFINING SATIRE 3
• Human stupidity and weakness. • Satirist shows indignation and irritation
with human weakness. • Often entertains us and amuses us. • Often is an attempt to bring about
change. • Rarely truly objective. • Ludicrous distortion of characters,
events… which the satirist is attacking.
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SOME EXAMPLES
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SATIRE HAS POLITICAL FUNCTIONS
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SATIRE AND PARODY
• Aim to mock in a critical way. • Effective if audience is familiar with
what is being referred to. – ie Orwell’s Animal Farm is effective if
readers know some USSR history.
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IT’S NOT ALWAYS OVERTLY POLITICAL
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HOW DOES ORWELL EMPLOY SATIRE?
• The Party • Big Brother • Eastasia - Eurasia - Oceania
– Simplifies reality to criticise it
• Hate week – Compare with “Morning Cheers”
• Junior anti-sex league
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MORNING CHEER
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WHY DOES ORWELL EMPLOY SATIRE?
• More effective than political action.
• More effective than writing non-fiction. – Didactic stories, fables, allegories are less
direct but allow readers to think, not be told.
• Wider audience available through literature.
• Shock value in the hyperbole and absurdity.
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WHAT IS ORWELL’S PURPOSE?
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