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Swift's Satirical Masterpiece - Analysis and Literary Devices in 'A Modest Proposal'

Explore Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal" with detailed analysis of Swift's proposal, reasoning, and insults to the Irish and English. Discover different types of satire like Horatian and Juvenalian, along with styles such as parody, caricature, and burlesque. Learn about satirical devices like wit, sarcasm, and epigrams, as well as literary devices to look for such as allusions, tone, irony (verbal, dramatic, situational), and more.

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Swift's Satirical Masterpiece - Analysis and Literary Devices in 'A Modest Proposal'

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  1. DNP: 1/10/2012 • PICK UP your resolution homework from my desk.

  2. “A Modest Proposal” By Jonathan Swift

  3. Partner “Quiz” • Answer the following questions about “AMP” using your packet and a partner – specific, cited quotes from the text to back up your answers • What is Swift’s proposal? • What is his reasoning for that proposal? • How does he insult the Irish? • How does he insult the English? • What is Swift’s disclaimer about his own involvement in this plan?

  4. Is Swift being serious?

  5. Satire • a type of writing that ridicules the shortcomings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about a change

  6. Two types of Satire • Horatian satire: light, humorous form of satire • Juvenalian satire: dark, bitter satire

  7. Styles • Parody: imitating a subject, person, or style using humor, and highlighting flaws or follies • Caricature: focusing on one characteristic, quality, or feature of a person/group of people and exaggerating it to a humorous level • Burlesque: a work that twists a serious issue into a humorous one, or takes a humorous subject and treats it as though it is a serious one

  8. Satirical Devices • Wit: verbal cleverness • Epigram: short, comic remark typically containing a “surprise” at the end I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy. - Oscar Wilde • Sarcasm • The difference between literal and figurative • Repartee: the ability to respond to an insult quickly and directly • “Your Mama” jokes

  9. Literary devices to look for • Allusions • Tone • Irony • Verbal • Dramatic • Situational

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