Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Blog 7
For me, I really don't understand the whole meaning of satire very much. According to Wikipedia website, satire is a literacy genre of form, usually it is found in the graphic and performance art. It could be funny, ridicule but its humor might depend on its target, its purpose. For an effective satire, the elements must be that it should sound funny, ridicule; the target would be some popular persons, events, or stories; its features are strong irony or sarcastism but exaggeration, juxtaposition. For example of satire, usually I would think of something about like Tina Fey acted like Sarah Palin during the Presidential Election period. Or something like other actors who mimicked "Tom Cruise's jumping on the couch" style. Anyway, I found this poem which is satire, I think it's really funny. But it does make sense when you read out loud, otherwise you would think it of inappropriate. http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/satire.html
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I think that poem is a good example. It is pretty funny and it is poking fun at the author.
ReplyDeleteI had a hard time understanding satire too. For me i just identified satire as sarcasm. Making fun of something very serious just to make a point maybe bring a new view point to peoples attention
ReplyDeleteI didn't know what satire was at first either. After talking about it in groups i came to understand it was kind of sarcasm and joking. You make a good example about Tina Fey making fun of Sarah Palin. I also thought the poem was pretty funny and a good example.
ReplyDeletei thought the poem was funny and a good example of satire. i didn't know what satire was either until i did some research.
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