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The genre of Menippean satire is a form of satire, usually in prose, that is characterized by attacking mental attitudes rather than specific individuals or entities. [1] It has been broadly described as a mixture of allegory , picaresque narrative, and satirical commentary. [ 2 ]
Horatian; Juvenalian; Menippean; Social and political fiction. Libertarian sci-fi; Social sci-fi; Political thriller; Theatre-fiction; Thriller (or suspense): typically dark and suspenseful plot-driven fiction involving a person or group facing imminent harm, and the attempts made to evade that harm.
Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Latin: [ˈdɛkɪmʊs ˈjuːniʊs jʊwɛˈnaːlɪs]), known in English as Juvenal (/ ˈ dʒ uː v ən əl / JOO-vən-əl; c. 55–128), was a Roman poet.He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the Satires.
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Horatian – Horace (as in Horatian satire) Humean – David Hume; Hunterian – William Hunter (anatomist) (as in Hunterian Museum) Hussite – Jan Hus (as in Hussite Wars) Hutterite – Jacob Hutter; Ignatian – Ignatius of Loyola (as in Ignatian spirituality) Imeldific – Imelda Marcos (meaning ostentatious; extravagant)
Also apophthegm. A terse, pithy saying, akin to a proverb, maxim, or aphorism. aposiopesis A rhetorical device in which speech is broken off abruptly and the sentence is left unfinished. apostrophe A figure of speech in which a speaker breaks off from addressing the audience (e.g., in a play) and directs speech to a third party such as an opposing litigant or some other individual, sometimes ...
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]