satire
Let an agent explain satire and its forms and techniques, relay history and theory from literary and media sources with attribution, describe legal protections and controversies neutrally, and distinguish satire from parody, comedy, mockery, defamation and fake news.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain satire and its forms and techniques, relay history and theory from literary and media sources with attribution, describe legal protections and controversies neutrally, and distinguish satire from parody, comedy, mockery, defamation and fake news.
A genre of literature, art and performance that uses humour, irony, exaggeration and ridicule to expose and criticise folly, vice and abuses, especially in politics and society, in forms from Roman verse satire and Swift s prose to satirical plays, cartoons and the Japanese fushi-ga, satirical cartography, satiric misspellings of names, and modern satirical news, television and political satire podcasts; satire is protected as expression in many legal systems but has also been censored and punished.
What it is for: Criticism through humour.
It can be explain forms and techniques; relay history and theory; describe legal aspects; distinguish related genres.
Distinguishing features
Critical intent
Irony and exaggeration
Many media
Contested boundaries
What it looks like
Not a visible object; texts, images and performances.
Physical character
Roman verse satire: 2nd century BCE onward period - Lucilius, Horace, Juvenal
A Modest Proposal: 1729 year - Jonathan Swift
Charlie Hebdo attack: 2015 year
How it is recognised
Humour used to criticise
Satirical literature and plays, cartoons and fushi-ga, satirical cartography, satiric misspelling, political satire podcasts
Parody imitates a style; comedy need not criticise; defamation is a legal wrong; fake news deceives
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is exemplified by - in prose satire
is contrasted with - which imitates a style
is protected as - in many systems
In practice
Families and kinds
Horatian and Juvenalian satire
satirical literature and satirical plays
political cartoons and Japanese fushi-ga
satirical cartography and maps
satiric misspelling and wordplay
satirical news, television and political satire podcasts
Menippean satire
Standards and regulation
Freedom of expression and defamation law
Broadcasting standards
Historical censorship laws
Failure modes and hazards
Satire mistaken for fact
Confusing satire with defamation or fake news
Censorship and violence against satirists, to be presented with attribution
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.satire
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What satire is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is satire, and how does it differ from parody, comedy, mockery, defamation and fake news? definition
- Is the question about satire in general, a form, a work or a legal matter? boundary
Forms
Forms and techniques.
Forms
Forms.
- What are Horatian, Juvenalian and Menippean satire, and what are satirical plays, cartoons, fushi-ga, satirical cartography, satiric misspelling and satire podcasts? definition
- Which entry fits the specific form? action
History History.
Attribution.
Literary
Literary history.
Literary
Literary.
- How did satire develop from Aristophanes and the Romans through Swift, Voltaire and modern writers, as literary historians describe? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Media
Visual and broadcast satire.
Media
Media.
- How did political cartoons, satirical magazines, television and podcasts develop? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Law Law and controversy.
Attribution.
Protection
Legal protection.
Protection
Protection.
- How do courts treat satire under freedom of expression and defamation law, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits freedom of expression? action
Controversy
Controversies.
Controversy
Controversy.
- What controversies and attacks have surrounded satire, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral? boundary
Context Theory and effects.
Context.
Theory
Theory.
Theory
Theory.
- How do theorists explain how satire works and whether it changes minds, with findings attributed? provenance
- Which entry fits humour theory? action
World
Satire worldwide.
World
World.
- What satirical traditions exist beyond Europe, including Japanese fushi-ga? provenance
- Which entry fits the specific tradition? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should political cartoon and satirical news be separate primary entries?
- How should literary and media sources be linked?
- The registry entry has merged aliases naming niche forms; should they be split off?