Defining satire -- Greek and Roman origins -- Satiric style and comic devices --Critical study of text -- Classical Greek comedy -- Lysistrata / Aristophanes -- Gullíver's Travels and A Modest Proposal /Swift -- William Holgarth-- The School for Scandal / Richard Sheridan -- Northanger Abbey / Jane Austen -- The Importance of Being Earnest / Oscar Wilde -- Brave New World / Aldous Huxley -- Unknown Citizen/ W.H. Auden -- Animal Farm and 1984 / George Orwell -- Catch 22 / Joseph Heller -- Satirìc Poetry / Robert Browning and Bruce Dawe -- Frontline / Working Dog Productions -- Responding to Written Satire -- Advice to Youth / Mark Twain -- Examination Day / Henry Seslar -- Suburban Sonnet /Miriam Stone -- Up the Woll /Bruce Dawe -- Exclusive Pictures / Steve Turner -- Giri Reporter / Philip Hausbaum -- Responding to visual satire -- Scenic Drive / R. Cobb -- Political cartoons -- Composing skills
Summary
Each title in this series of teacher resource books, intended for use with students in Years 9-12, starts with a detailed definition of the genre, followed by an examination of a wide range of texts