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Peeling The Onion: Satire And The Complexity Of Audience Response, Jane Fife Jan 2016

Peeling The Onion: Satire And The Complexity Of Audience Response, Jane Fife

English Faculty Publications

Satire is a popular form of comedic social critique frequently theorized in terms of Kenneth Burke’s comic frame. While its humor and unexpected combination of incongruous elements can reduce tension that surrounds controversial issues to make new perspectives more accessible, audience response to satire can vary tremendously—including the very negative as well as the very positive. Teaching satire should include exposure to rhetorical theory and audience reception analysis to better prepare students as consumers and creators of satires. With a complex, layered pedagogy, satire can be an important component of the twenty-first-century rhetor’s toolkit.


Book Review: Mediating Moms: Mothers In Popular Culture, Kristi Branham Jun 2013

Book Review: Mediating Moms: Mothers In Popular Culture, Kristi Branham

English Faculty Publications

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Wendell Berry (Encyclopedia Entry), Wes Berry Jan 2008

Wendell Berry (Encyclopedia Entry), Wes Berry

English Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.