Why So Serious? Satire, Irony, and Humor
Essential Questions
Essential Questions
- What is satire and why is it relevant?
- What makes satire effective?
- Why might we not directly say what we mean or mean what we say?
- Why do we like irony?
- What is the purpose of humor?
- Do we take humor seriously enough?
Satire Resources
Satire Resources
Major Texts
Major Texts
Supplementary Texts
Supplementary Texts
POETRY:
POETRY:
- Auden, W. H. - "Terence, this is stupid stuff"
- Auden, W. H. - "The Unknown Citizen"
- Donne, John - "The Flea"
- Shakespeare, William - Sonnet 130 ("My mistress' eyes...")
- Marvel, Andrew - "To My Coy Mistress"
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe - "Ozymandius" -- Questions
- Smith, Stevie - "Not Waving But Drowning"
- Suckling, Sir John - "The Constant Lover"
NON-FICTION:
NON-FICTION:
- Swift, Jonathan - "A Modest Proposal"