The Importance of Satire
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Loading... - Alondra Torres
- 29 Mar 2023
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One of my favorite books that I read in high school was "Candide L'Optimisme," written by the French Enlightenment author, Voltaire.
The satirical style of the novella is rare in American literature. The casual reader must look to websites like ‘The Onion’ and ‘The Babylon Bee’, or to television shows like ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘The Daily Show’ for modern examples. And those mostly deal with political topics.
Satire, however, is any work that pretends to take on the perspective of a particular group by using humor to exaggerate and point out its flaws or inconsistencies.
“Good satire takes the truth and blows it up to make a point and expose corruption,” said Professor Chris Lamb, Chair of the Journalism and Public Relations Department at IUPUI and former satire writer for the Huffington Post.
It often deals with themes that might seem offensive or sacrilegious to some. Read More..
