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Discuss in small groups taking off from points in the text. 3. Humour and criticism

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Humour is the ability or quality of people, objects, or situations to evoke feelings of amusement. The term encompasses a form of entertainment or human communication which evokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy.   Criticism is the activity of Judgment or in formed interpretation. Constructive criticism is a form of communication, in which a person tries to correct the behaviour of another in a non-authoritarian way, and is generally, a diplomatic approach to what another person is doing which is socially incorrect. It is 'constructive' as opposed to a command or an insult and is meant to be a correction with a peaceful and benevolent approach.   Satire is one such tool used by a critic. It is usually witty and funny, though the purpose of satire is not primarily humour but criticism of an event, an individual or a group in a clever manner.   Satire is one of the most precise literary terms; it usually has a very definite target, which may be a person or a group of people, an idea or an attitude, an institution or a social practice. In any case, the target is held up to ridicule.   Because satire often combines anger and humour, it can be profoundly disturbing and since it is essentially ironic, including that heavy handed form of irony called sarcasm, it is often misunderstood.   It is an artistic form in which human or individual vices, Jolly, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to censure by means of ridicule, derision, burlesque, irony, or other methods, sometimes with an intent to bring about improvement. Literature and drama are its chief vehicles, but it is also found in such media as films, the visual arts and political cartoons. To Horace, the satirist is an urbane man of the world who sees Jolly everywhere but is moved to gentle laughter rather than to rage.