Please read this introductory material:
Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and human shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.
A common feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant"—but parody, burlesque, exaggeration juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.
Satire is nowadays found in many artistic forms of expression, including literature, plays, commentary, and media such as lyrics.
Please watch the following short satirical videos:
60 Second Satire
Get Through It!
How to Write a Satire
Stephen Colbert clip from the Late Show (another example of people misunderstanding satire is the site Literally Unbelievable: for background information on the X-mas Cups travesty, check out: http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/08/news/companies/starbucks-red-cups-controversy/ and articles like: http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-colbert-starbucks-holiday-cups-2015-11)
The Onion News: clip
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club. Since 2007, the organization publishes satirical news audio and video online, as the "Onion News Network". Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to an average of 7.5 million unique visitors per month.
The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and fictional. It parodies traditional newspapers with stories, editorials, op-ed pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews, using a traditional newspaper layout and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. Here's an example of a slideshow: "10 Photos of Plus Size Models". Make sure you read the captions under the photographs. Its humor often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy ("Everyone ForgetsTo Bring Swimsuits To Coworker’s Party").
Other common themes include surreal exaggerations or puns, such as "‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Missions To Focus Largely On Tutoring, Community Outreach", and contrasting media portrayals against reality by treating the fictional version as the more real ("Obama Fondly Recalls Frustration Of First Term").
Assignment: due by end of class today: Please go to The Onion site: http://www.theonion.com/?ref=auto
Familiarize yourself with the site, noting on the bar the various topic areas covered by the satirical news cite: video, politics, sports, business, science tech, entertainment and breaking news.
Select three articles under three headings and respond to the following:
1. What is the headline?
2. What is being parodied?
3. What point is the author attempting to make through his parody?
Turn in your work when completed for participation credit.
Then, when you have completed this part of your analysis about satire, please begin writing your own satirical article (300-400 words) on a topic of your choice. Include a photo for your article.
Satire is a genre of literature, and sometimes graphic and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses, and human shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, and society itself, into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be funny, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit as a weapon.
A common feature of satire is strong irony or sarcasm—"in satire, irony is militant"—but parody, burlesque, exaggeration juxtaposition, comparison, analogy, and double entendre are all frequently used in satirical speech and writing. This "militant" irony or sarcasm often professes to approve of (or at least accept as natural) the very things the satirist wishes to attack.
Satire is nowadays found in many artistic forms of expression, including literature, plays, commentary, and media such as lyrics.
Please watch the following short satirical videos:
60 Second Satire
Get Through It!
How to Write a Satire
Stephen Colbert clip from the Late Show (another example of people misunderstanding satire is the site Literally Unbelievable: for background information on the X-mas Cups travesty, check out: http://money.cnn.com/2015/11/08/news/companies/starbucks-red-cups-controversy/ and articles like: http://www.businessinsider.com/stephen-colbert-starbucks-holiday-cups-2015-11)
The Onion News: clip
The Onion is an American news satire organization. It is an entertainment newspaper and a website featuring satirical articles reporting on international, national, and local news, in addition to a non-satirical entertainment section known as The A.V. Club. Since 2007, the organization publishes satirical news audio and video online, as the "Onion News Network". Web traffic on theonion.com amounts to an average of 7.5 million unique visitors per month.
The Onion's articles comment on current events, both real and fictional. It parodies traditional newspapers with stories, editorials, op-ed pieces, and man-in-the-street interviews, using a traditional newspaper layout and an editorial voice modeled after that of the Associated Press. Here's an example of a slideshow: "10 Photos of Plus Size Models". Make sure you read the captions under the photographs. Its humor often depends on presenting mundane, everyday events as newsworthy ("Everyone ForgetsTo Bring Swimsuits To Coworker’s Party").
Other common themes include surreal exaggerations or puns, such as "‘Grand Theft Auto V’ Missions To Focus Largely On Tutoring, Community Outreach", and contrasting media portrayals against reality by treating the fictional version as the more real ("Obama Fondly Recalls Frustration Of First Term").
Assignment: due by end of class today: Please go to The Onion site: http://www.theonion.com/?ref=auto
Familiarize yourself with the site, noting on the bar the various topic areas covered by the satirical news cite: video, politics, sports, business, science tech, entertainment and breaking news.
Select three articles under three headings and respond to the following:
1. What is the headline?
2. What is being parodied?
3. What point is the author attempting to make through his parody?
Turn in your work when completed for participation credit.
Then, when you have completed this part of your analysis about satire, please begin writing your own satirical article (300-400 words) on a topic of your choice. Include a photo for your article.
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