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  1. The aim o f my reading o f the poem is to arrive at H orace’s concept o f himself as satirist, for in the end it is his own character which holds together the two seemingly disparate threads o f the argument — the moral justification o f satire and its definition as an artistic form .2 The poem takes the form o f an argument, a polemical ...

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  2. Satire and the limits of. literary theories. The grea t age for theory of satire stopped suddenl y, shortl y after 1970. Since then, the principal object being described by the bulk of s atire ...

  3. Conclusion In Satires 1.4 Horace concentrates on the moral purpose of. satire, with particular reference to the use of exempla, which was pertinent to Peripatetic ethics, as well as other literary forms. The ironic stance, the humor, in much of Horace's satire, and most im. moral purpose of the Satires.

  4. Satire is a wide-angled term, which ranges its tentacles from pictorial artworks to sculptures, from poetry to novels, from songs to sermons, and what not. The tendency of individual diagonality amidst the parallelism of society is the mother of Satire. This paper will discuss about Satire in a very brief manner.

  5. Nov 1, 2013 · Satire is traditionally thought of as a literary mode with a moral purpose; the satirist writes “with a sense of moral vocation and with a concern for the public interest.” 1 It is clear that satires often address the same sorts of particular moral problems that papers in applied ethics do; for example, Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal addressed English attitudes toward Irish poverty in ...

    • Nicholas Diehl
    • 2013
  6. In satire, evil, folly, and weakness are held up to ridicule - to the delight of some and the outrage of others. Satire may claim the higher purpose of social critique or moral reform, or it may simply revel in its own transgressive laughter. It exposes frauds, debunks ideals, binds communities, starts arguments, and evokes unconscious ...

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  8. But to return to the question what program is included in the first satire, above I have already given the answer. Through the medium of satirical poetry Horace wants to teach us the art of right living. References Anderson, W.S. 1963. The Roman Socrates: Horace and his Satires. Critical Essays on Roman Literature. In: Satire, ed. by J.P. Sullivan.

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