Post by Mr. Wells on Oct 18, 2007 7:56:06 GMT -5
Read the following definitions of the two types of satire:
Horatian satire -- After the Roman satirist Horace: Satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty. The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader not the anger of a Juvenal, but a wry smile.
Juvenalian satire -- After the Roman satirist Juvenal: Formal satire in which the speaker attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation Juvenalian satire in its realism and its harshness is in strong contrast to Horatian satire.
Work Cited
Drury, Kent. Acquired 18 October 2007 from www.nku.edu/~rkdrury/422/satire_terms.html
Based on these definitions, under which category would you place the pieces we have read from The Onion?
Horatian satire -- After the Roman satirist Horace: Satire in which the voice is indulgent, tolerant, amused, and witty. The speaker holds up to gentle ridicule the absurdities and follies of human beings, aiming at producing in the reader not the anger of a Juvenal, but a wry smile.
Juvenalian satire -- After the Roman satirist Juvenal: Formal satire in which the speaker attacks vice and error with contempt and indignation Juvenalian satire in its realism and its harshness is in strong contrast to Horatian satire.
Work Cited
Drury, Kent. Acquired 18 October 2007 from www.nku.edu/~rkdrury/422/satire_terms.html
Based on these definitions, under which category would you place the pieces we have read from The Onion?