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    Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies...
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    the collection. Book I: Satires 1–5 Book II: Satire 6 Book III: Satires 7–9 Book IV: Satires 10–12 Book V: Satires 13–16 (Satire 16 is incompletely preserved)...
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    Political satire is a type of satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politics. Political satire can also act as a tool for advancing political...
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  • News satire or news comedy is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News...
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  • Satire VI is the most famous[according to whom?] of the sixteen Satires by the Roman author Juvenal written in the late 1st or early 2nd century. In English...
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  • restarted in 2010 SatireWire is a news satire website. Based in Connecticut and founded by Andrew Marlatt, the site aimed its satire at politics, business...
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  • The genre of Menippean satire is a form of satire, usually in prose, that is characterized by attacking mental attitudes rather than specific individuals...
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  • Estate satire is a genre of writing from 14th-century medieval literary works. The three medieval estates were the clergy (those who prayed), the nobility...
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  • Satire is a television and film genre in the fictional, pseudo-fictional, or semi-fictional category that employs satirical techniques. Film or television...
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  • Persian satire refers to satires in Persian literature. The Arabic poetic genre of hija (satirical poetry) was introduced after the Islamic conquest of...
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  • huge solo success." —The Telegraph, “The day that sparked the satire boom”. The satire boom was the output of a generation of British satirical writers...
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  • News satire is a type of parody presented in a format typical of mainstream journalism, and called a satire because of its content. News satire is not...
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    Black comedy (redirect from Black satire)
    (risata verde or groen lachen), and said that grotesque satire, as opposed to ironic satire, is the one that most often arouses this kind of laughter...
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  • This Is Satire is None More Black's second full-length album. It was released on Fat Wreck Chords in May 2006. The title "We Dance on the Ruins of the...
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    The Satire of the Trades, also called The Instruction of Kheti, is a didactic work of ancient Egyptian literature. It takes the form of an instruction...
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  • involvement in satire – humorous social criticism. They are grouped by era and listed by year of birth. Included is a list of modern satires. Aesop (c. 620–560...
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  • Anatomy of Satire: A Study of Satiric Technique. Harvard University Press. Cook, Virgil Aldwin (1980). Jonathan Swift's Theory of Satire. Vanderbilt...
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    Benjamin Franklin was responsible for writing satirical comedies. His most notable humorous work is the collection called The Bagatelles. The Bagatelles...
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  • Look up satires in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Satires are cultural texts in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule...
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    kept it. Other title variations include subtitles like "A Satire" and "A Contemporary Satire". Orwell suggested the title Union des républiques socialistes...
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    Religious satire is a form of satire that refers to religious beliefs and can take the form of texts, plays, films, and parody. From the earliest times...
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  • Alternative comedy is a term coined in the 1980s for a style of comedy that makes a conscious break with the mainstream comedic style of an era. The phrase...
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  • ruses which engender dramatic irony, which provokes laughter. Satire and political satire use comedy to portray people or social institutions as ridiculous...
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  • publication primarily consisted of a mix of Dikkers's cartoons, Spy magazine-like satire, and short fiction. The bottom three inches were reserved as ad space for...
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  • This is a list of films that incorporate satire or were described as such. Made-for-television and animated films are also included. Satirical film Category...
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  • "The Continental" is a recurring sketch on Saturday Night Live (SNL) featuring Christopher Walken. The first sketch aired on the eleventh episode of the...
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    Satire on False Perspective is the title of an engraving produced by the English artist William Hogarth in 1754 for his friend Joshua Kirby's pamphlet...
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  • Democratic satire (Rus: Демократическая сатира, Lat: Demokratischeskaya satira) or folk satire is an element of Russian humor, and mostly attributed to...
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    The Satires (Latin: Saturae or Sermones) is a collection of satirical poems written in Latin dactylic hexameters by the Roman poet Horace. Published probably...
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    that challenges the spiritual convictions of others, often through humor, satire, or burlesque (literary ridicule). Often constructed to achieve a specific...
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