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Juvenalian satire, named for the writings of the Roman satirist Juvenal (late first century – early second century AD), is more contemptuous and abrasive than the Horatian. Juvenal disagreed with the opinions of the public figures and institutions of the Republic and actively attacked them through his literature.
Book V: Satires 13–16 (Satire 16 is incompletely preserved) In a tone and manner ranging from irony to rage, Juvenal criticizes the actions and beliefs of many of his contemporaries, providing insight into value systems and questions of morality as opposed to the realities of Roman life.
Satire 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 .
He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language. [ 1 ]
Satire 2.5 is often thought of as the least “Horatian” of the Satires and is often compared to works by Juvenal, a poet of the 1st century AD. Juvenal’s poems focus on the perversions of man and hint at Man’s loss of “his highest potentialities”.
Satire 2.1, Sunt quibus in satira ("There are those to whom I seem too harsh in satire") Horace, who is anxious his satires are making him unpopular, pretends to consult the famous jurist Gaius Trebatius Testa , who advises him to give up writing, or else to write an epic poem in honour of Augustus.
Satire: usually fiction and less frequently in non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [4] Horatian; Juvenalian; Menippean; Social and political fiction. Libertarian sci-fi; Social sci-fi ...
A 2015 review of Les Editions de Londres suggests that the light-hearted Directions to Servants is more of a Horatian than Juvenalian satire. Swift goes beyond simple parody or satire: by providing the servants with advice that verges on the absurd he deconstructs and amusingly reveals the absurdities of the Eighteenth-century English social system.