The Position of Satire in the Oral and Written Culture of the South in Kerman Province

Satire is a kind of literature works which presents the unsightliness and defects of somebody or something indirectly and without and frankness. Expressing the defects in the form of satire has just a reformist and social aspects and does not mean to ridicule, taking revenge or causing to laugh merely. With the purpose of reforming the satirist makes a serious, painful and bitter laugh to warn the sinners and tries to remove the defects and unpleasantness of a person or a group of society. In the south of Kerman province oral satire as an effective weapon always face with unpleasantnesses. In the last two decades, with the emergence and flourish of local publications, this cultural element has manifested itself in the local publications, books and totally in the written culture of this area as a weapon and place of artistic creation for poets and authors. This article tries to explain satire and examine its’ position in the oral and written culture of the south in Kerman province and also study the role and influence of satire in the folklore as an effective element in the face of cultural, social, Economic and political unpleasanttnesses.