Satire and cinematography

Satire
Definition: a literary genre used to expose humanitys vices and foibles, giving
impetus to change and reform through ridicule.

Horatian satire: tolerant witty, witty, wise and self affacing

Juvenalian satire: angry , caustic, resentful personal

Purposes of Satire:

Comment on prevailing societal values , attutudes and ideological concerns

Ridicule and censure
Reflect social and moral views
Circumvent censorship and/ or the threat of punishment for for speaking out
Prompty awareness and reflection
Change peoples views

Satire Techniques
Irony: The actual intent is expressed in words which carry an opposite meaning. Lighter
than sarcasm becayuyse of its indirectness. Achieved through understatement and
hyperbole

Verbal iron: Saying the opposite of what is meant

Dramatic irony: irony in the words or actions of the character, only pervieved by the
audience. Iron is in the meaning intended by the speaker and the actual significance
Socratic Irony : pretending to be ignorant in order to draw knowledge or achieve an
advantage over an oppenant.
Situational irony : depends on a discrepancy between purpose and the results ( the
burning firehouse)

Hyperbole: Deliberate exaggeration to achieve an effect; over statement

Litotes: using understatemen for a comic effect. Mostly used through employing the
double negative or makin g an affirmative point by denying its opposite. E.g. being
tortured must of mbeen a little uncomfortable.
Chariacture: an axxageration of distortion of an individuals prominent features or
characteristics to the point of making the individual look ridiculus. They mock real people or
types of people. Mostly applied to political cartoons. E.g. clark and dawe
Wit : clever expressions which can be aggressive/ mean or harmless. It appeals to our
mind throu its knowledge of language. Wit burrows of statircal techniques a s it also has a
mocking and paradoxical quality. the early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse
gets the cheese

Sarcasm: A sharp, bitter , remark or

another person and intended to
embarrass them publicly. Uses
achieving a kjeering statement that
to heighten the insult.

taunt that is directed at

hhurt their feelings or
obvious verbal irony,
is opposite to what is meant

Ridicule : words intended to belittle a person or idea and arouse contemptuous laughter.
Depending on the subject being ridicules, this form of humor can be harmful or harmless. To
condemn or criticise by making the idea or person seem ridiculus
Invective : Speech or writing that abuses, denounces or attacks. Using emotional language
as a tool for anger. E.g. using profanity
Parody: an imitation of an author and their word with the idea of ridiculing the author, his/
her ideas or the work itself. Their idea is stimulated in order to be recognised. Exploits the
perculiarities of an authors expression or particular feature e.g. a type of walk, certain
props.
Travesty : Making mockery of a serious subject, by presention a serious ( often religious)
subject frivolously; it reduces everything to its lowest level.
Bulesque: ridiculus exaggeration achieved through a variety of ways such as the sublime
as absurd and honest emotions turned to sentimentality. Style is the essential qualiy in
burlesque.
Farce exaggeration/ inflation : Exciting laughter through exaggerated, improbable
situations. Usually containing low comedy e.g. quarrelling, fighting, horseplay, noisy
singing.
Knaves and Fools: in comedy are no vians or innoncent vitims . There are rogues
( knaves( and suckers ( fools) . The knaves exploits someone asking for it knaves and
fools expose each other.
Anachronism: Placing an invention, item or word in the wrong time period. It maybe an
unintentional error but could be used to contrast between eras.
Comic juxtaposition: Linking two things together w hich do not normally go together .
Understatement / Diminution: Taking a real life situation and reducing it to make it seem
ridiculous and show case its faults. E.g. giving the name tiny to a tall man
Reductio and absurdum : agreeing with something enthusiastically that the author
wishes to satire by pushing them logically ridiculus extreme, exposing follishness fo the
assumption. E.g. a modest proposal.
Lampoon : A harsh personal attack on a very particular recognisable target, focusing on the
targets character or appearance.
Incongruity : to present things that are out of place or absurd in relation to its surrounding.
Particular techniques include oxymoron, metaphor and irony
Varmasilitud: making direct references to reality

Words you might want to know :

Discrepancy: a lack of compatibility or similarity between two or more things.

V+L tips

Write down as many t quotes as possible

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