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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.
Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a wide-ranging discussion of society and social mores in dactylic hexameter. [5] In Satire I, concerning the scope and content of his work, Juvenal says:
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 .
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 ...
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 ]
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 ]
Horatian-style lyrics were increasingly typical of Oxford and Cambridge verse collections for this period, most of them in Latin but some like the previous ode in English. John Milton's Lycidas first appeared in such a collection. It has few Horatian echoes [nb 31] yet Milton's associations with Horace
Satire 1.6, Non quia, Maecenas ("Not because, Maecenas") With the same modesty with which he just depicted himself in Satire 1.5, Horace explains why he is not interested in a career in politics even though, during the Civil War, he once served as the tribune of a Roman legion (48). People would jeer at him because of his freedman father, and ...