Welcome back! I hope you all had a relaxing, reading-filled week!
Monday: News Mutiny: you'll see!
Tuesday: Overview: parody vs. sarcasm vs. satire
Wednesday: Sample satire pieces
Thursday: The master: Jonathan Swift..."A Modest Proposal"
Friday: More modest proposals. Write your own!
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"A Modest Proposal" is certainly masterful satire. But is Swift "The" master? I haven't read The Battle of the Books--in fact, I have only read Gulliver's Travels and "A Modest Proposal"--but nonetheless, I found Gulliver's Travels to be somewhat inconsistent. Books I and II maintained subtle but effective criticism. IV was, however, a little too blunt to be effectively mocking, and III--which, if I am correctly informed, was the last to be written--is not so much witty as it is bitter. Swift's an excellent social critic, and, in his prime, a very good satirist; am I wrong to doubt "The master"?
" Another Modest Proposal" literally had me crying in laughter. " Teenagers are not "empty vessels", teenagers are trash cans"
My satire education experienced has now been heightened because of Sanchez's perspective!
Great to hear you enjoyed it! Can't wait to read yours!
Can we go over in class why the college admissions "satire" is satirical? I actually think that, in addition to making a good case against the current admissions system, the essay presents a solution that is actually quite plausible, at least as applied to elite institutions. I fail to see the requite exaggeration of satire in this essay.
I believe my directions were to read the three pieces, modeled to different degrees on Swift's, and prepare to discuss the effectiveness of each as a satire.
I see.
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