"Satirisch ist der Dichter, wenn er die Entfernung von der Natur und den Widerspruch der Wirklichkeit mit dem Ideale (in der Wirkung auf das Gemüt kommt beides auf eins hinaus) zu seinem Gegenstande macht. Dies kann er aber sowohl ernsthaft und mit Affekt als scherzhaft und mit Heiterkeit ausführen; je nachdem er entweder im Gebiete des Willens oder im Gebiete des Verstandes verweilt. Jenes geschieht durch die strafende oder pathetische, dieses durch die scherzhafte Satire."
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Friedrich Schiller, Über naive und sentimentalische Dichtung
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