LITERATURE QUESTIONS
CULTURAL AND LITERARY (18TH 19TH) CENTURIES
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Literature that relies on devices like irony, sarcasm, and humor
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A work of literature that attempts to improve society
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A text that exposes serious flaws under the veil of comedy
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All of these answers
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Detailed explanation-1: -SATIRE DEFINITION Satire is a genre in which exaggeration, irony, humor or ridicule are used to criticize and expose flaws in human nature and behavior. In addition to being its own genre, it is a literary device often used to critique politics and topical issues.
Detailed explanation-2: -The correct answer is: The use of humour, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity.
Detailed explanation-3: -a way of criticizing people or ideas in a humorous way, especially in order to make a political point, or a piece of writing that uses this style: political satire. Her play was a biting/cruel satire on life in the 80s. Humour & humorous.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Simpsons (1989 onwards) South Park (1997 onwards) Dr. Strangelove (1964) Fight Club (1999) The Cabin In The Woods (2012) Gulliver’s Travels (Jonathan Swift, 1726) Brave New World (Aldous Huxley, 1932) Animal Farm (George Orwell, 1945) More items •20-Dec-2022