satirical prose work
C20895
concept
A satirical prose work is a written composition in ordinary language that uses humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to criticize and expose human vices, follies, or societal problems.
Observed surface forms (10)
- satirical short story ×3
- satirical dialogue ×2
- satirical fantasy work ×2
- satirical letter ×2
- satirical literature ×2
- satirical text ×2
- satire column ×1
- satirical essay sequence ×1
- satirical memoir ×1
- satirical passage ×1
Instances (24)
- The Memoirs of Martinus Scriblerus
- A Tale of a Tub
- The Battle of the Books
- Vadiscus, sive Trias Romana via concept surface "satirical dialogue"
-
How the “True World” Finally Became a Fable
via concept surface "satirical passage"
surface form: How the 'True World' Finally Became a Fable
- Shouts & Murmurs via concept surface "satire column"
- The Cloven Viscount via concept surface "satirical fantasy work"
- The Nonexistent Knight via concept surface "satirical fantasy work"
- The Abbot and the Learned Lady via concept surface "satirical dialogue"
- Ignatius His Conclave
- Nos via concept surface "satirical short story"
- Even the Queen via concept surface "satirical short story"
- A Short History of Indians in Canada via concept surface "satirical literature"
- The Star Diaries via concept surface "satirical literature"
- Law is a Bottomless Pit
- The Second Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer via concept surface "satirical letter"
- A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton via concept surface "satirical letter"
- The Digressions via concept surface "satirical essay sequence"
- What Just Happened? via concept surface "satirical memoir"
- The Boarding-House via concept surface "satirical short story"
- Papyrus Anastasi I via concept surface "satirical text"
- Papyrus Anastasi II via concept surface "satirical text"
- Sueños y discursos
- La hora de todos y la Fortuna con seso