1. Day 32: English Literature 1.Literary terms (assigned yesterday): allegory, allusion, author’s purpose, dialect, epigram, epitaph, essay, hyperbole, inversion, parody, satire Word, definition, example 2.Read through the Puritanism to the Enlightenment PowerPoint on Moodle and update the notes you took over the book’s introduction. 3.Homework for block day: Assure you have read and taken notes over Puritanism to the Enlightenment Introduction (pg. 501-513) 4.Discuss PARODY and its relationship to SATIRE 5.Discuss SATIRE and Jonathan Swift’s satirical technique 6.Read: “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift, pages 564-573 for block day and complete worksheet English Lit – Periods 1 & 5

2. Learning Targets Learning target: Students will understand the similarities and differences of satire and parody. Learning target: Students will understand the similarities and differences of satire and parody.

3. Parody Parody: a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule Coolio’s “Gangster’s Paradise” “Gangster’s Paradise” Weird Al’s “Amish Paradise” “Amish Paradise”

4. Satire Definition: A kind of writing that ridicules human weakness, vice, or folly in order to bring about social change. Purpose: Often tries to persuade the reader to do or believe something by showing the opposite view as absurd, or—even more forcefully—vicious and inhumane. "Satire is a lesson, parody is a game." - Vladimir Nabokov, Strong Opinions, 1973

5. Satirical Techniques Analogy: Comparison of two things to show that they are alike in certain aspects Exaggeration: Overstatement—making a bigger deal out of something than it really is Understatement: Language that makes something seem less important than it really is Reversal Irony: Discrepancy between expectation and reality – Verbal: between what is said and what is meant – Situational: what is expected to happen and what really does – Dramatic: what appears to be true and what is really true Distortion Anti-climax: when something trivial/comical occurs at the point in a narrative when one expects something important or serious

6. Swift’s Satire: “A Modest Proposal” Written in 1729 in Dublin, Ireland. During this time, many Irish people blamed their economic problems on England, claiming English landlords charged high rent, imposed too high of taxes, and English laws made trade too difficult. The Irish resented the way England acted toward Roman Catholics. – Catholics were not allowed to vote, marry a Protestant, join the armed forces, bare arms, even for protection, or be educated as Catholics abroad. – They make up 70% of the population of around 2 million, yet own only 5% of the land. – "We have just religion enough to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another." Swift shows, in his Modest Proposal, how disgusted he was with England. He does this through the use of satire. Effective format!

7. Jonathan Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” One of the most effective (and unforgettable) satiric pieces in the English language. Read “A Modest Proposal” on pages 564-573 Complete worksheet on Moodle (“A Modest Proposal Reading Guide” Block day: Create your own Modest Proposal assigned, due Monday at the beginning of class.