Function of Humour in Roman Verse Satire - Laughing and Lying

Informationen zum Autor Maria Plaza is a Junior Research Fellow at Gothenburg University. Klappentext Maria Plaza sets out to analyse the function of humour in the Roman satirists Horace! Persius! and Juvenal. Her starting point is that satire is driven by two motives! which are to a certain extent opposed: to display humour! and to promote a serious moral message. She argues that! while the Roman satirist needs humour for his work's aesthetic merit! his proposed message suffers from the ambivalence that humour brings with it. Her analysis shows that this paradox is not only socio-ideological but also aesthetic! forming the ground for the curious! hybrid nature of Roman satire. Zusammenfassung Maria Plaza argues that behind the moralizing facade of Roman satire the reader may find more sinister motives, such as fear, envy, and sexual sensationalism. In this study she uses an analysis of humour to investigate the complex nature of this genre. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Object-oriented humour 2: Humour directed at the persona 3: Non-aligned humour Epilogue: The genre devours itself

Product details

• Authors: Maria Plaza, Maria (Junior Research Fellow Plaza, Plaza Maria
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.12.2007
• EAN: 9780199237937
• ISBN: 978-0-19-923793-7
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; Latin, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Ancient & Classical, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, Literary studies: poetry and poets