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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 ]
For instance, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." (1984) listed in Rolling Stone's "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and RIAA's Songs of the Century was written as a satire yet canonized as a "patriotic rock anthem," a designation that ignores the message "how far political leaders had strayed from the values the country was founded on ...
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]
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.
The album gained an uneven reception, [4] though some performances were singled out for praise, including Sinéad O'Connor's interpretation of "Sacrifice", [5] Kate Bush's reggae-inflected version of "Rocket Man" (which won The Observer readers' award for greatest cover of all time in 2007), [6] [7] and Tina Turner's version of "The Bitch Is Back" which was nominated for Best Female Rock Vocal ...
01011001 is a concept album [2] that tells the story of aliens called the "Forever", who create humanity, only to later endanger it by providing it with technology. [3] Seventeen singers in total, including Lucassen himself, contributed to the album, more than any other Ayreon album. [4]
The genre is defined by a wide-ranging discussion of society and social mores in dactylic hexameter. [1] The sixth and tenth satires are some of the most renowned works in the collection. Book I: Satires 1–5; Book II: Satire 6; Book III: Satires 7–9; Book IV: Satires 10–12; Book V: Satires 13–16 (Satire 16 is incompletely preserved)
2NE1 is a South Korean girl group signed to YG Entertainment, with members CL, Bom, Dara, and Minzy making up the quartet. [1] Their discography consists of two studio albums, two extended plays, eighteen singles and two promotional singles.