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literature meme | [2/3] genres: Satire

Satura quidem tota nostra est.

— Quintilian, Institutio oratoria, X,1,93. “Satire certainly is entirely ours”

That of satire is a genre which has its roots in Latin literature, originally strictly written in hexameters. The etymology of the word isn’t certain; it might come from four different sources, the main two being “satyroi”, the Greek satyres, of playful nature; and “lanx satura”, meaning a dish full of primizie, offerings of food made to the gods during certain festivities. In any case, these two examples point out the main features of satire: fullness and jocosity, as well as a certain complexity in composition. The object it represents is always contemporary, so that the relationship between the subject and the author is immediate; moreover, satire always stems from criticism, freedom of thought and anticonformism. On a formal level, satire refuses to hold a single style, embracing different levels of narration and a plurality of tones and metres.

Satire and irony in some cases have been regarded as the most effective source to understand a society, the oldest form of social study. They provide the keenest insights into a group’s collective psyche, reveal its deepest values and tastes, and the society’s structures of power.

This genre is so important that the state of political satire in a given country reflects the state of civil liberties and human rights. Under totalitarian regimes any criticism of a political system, and especially satire, is suppressed.

Furthermore, satire can be classified into the Horatian or Juvenalian category: the Horatian satire is a playful criticism of society with its vices, which are addressed through mild and light-hearted humor and self-consciousness. Juvenalian satire, on the other hand, attacks the evils in society with scorn, outrage, and savage ridicule, often being characterized by pessimism, irony, moral indignation and invective rather than humor.

[The Praise of Folly by Erasmus of Rotterdam (ebook); Gargantua and Pantagruel by François Rabelais (ebook); Gulliver’s Travels by Jonhathan Swift (ebook); Micromégas  (ebook) and Candide (ebook) by Voltaire; A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens (ebook); Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (ebook); Animal Farm (epub) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (epub) by George Orwell; Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (epub)]

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darrynek:

my parents named their kid after me

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I’m so lucky to be able to do what I do, and it would be abusing it just to make money. I don’t need lots of money, I’m not motivated by that. I would feel really dirty I think.

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pizza:

dempokeballstho:

Tumblr user Pizza is both scary and entertaining

I mean,

really?

I’m not sure if I should be scared or impressed. 

scared

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tifferini:

Interpret your eyes as they die
Should I die should I now
Your poor lashes blow
We’ve done of sancturary laugh
You cry all over
An innocent call

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the great gatsby is the love story of a man who refused to swim in the pool and his next door neighbour who kept inviting him anyway

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