October 2014
Beginner to intermediate
222 pages
7h 37m
English
Broadly put, satire is the deliberate use of the comic for purposes of attack. If it is thus broadly defined, satire is present in almost all forms of comic expression. It can weave in and out of comic communication, and it can be at least momentarily present even in the most innocuous forms of the comic. Thus satirical elements can be found in P. G. Wodehouse, Will Rogers, or Sholem Aleichem, most certainly in Oscar Wilde and H. L. Mencken. In view of this, it would seem plausible to define satire somewhat more narrowly, namely, as the comic used in attacks that are part of an agenda on the part of the satirist. Put differently, in satire, the aggressive intent becomes the central motif of comic expression. All ...