Nonsense and Meaning in Ancient Greek Comedy

Informationen zum Autor Stephen E. Kidd is Assistant Professor in Classics at Brown University, Rhode Island. He has published articles on Greek comedy as well as other topics like ancient dreams and games. His research interests center broadly around the role of play in ancient life and how such play affects modes of interpretation and evaluation. Klappentext This book employs the concept of 'nonsense' to explore those parts of Greek comedy perceived as 'just silly' and therefore 'not meaningful'. Zusammenfassung This book employs the ancient Greek concept of 'nonsense' to explore an observation that has vexed comic scholarship: although comedy can be meaningful (i.e. contain political opinions! moral sentiments and aesthetic tastes)! some part is just 'foolery' or 'fun'. It is important for all scholars and students of Greek comedy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Greek notions of nonsense; 2. Nonsense as 'no-reference': riddles, allegories, metaphors; 3. Nonsense as 'no-serious-sense': the case of Cinesias; 4. Nonsense as 'no-sense': jokes, puns, and language play; 5. Playing it straight: comedy's 'nonsense!' accusations; Conclusions.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen E. Kidd, Stephen E. (Brown University Kidd, Kidd Stephen E.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.03.2017
• EAN: 9781107674790
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67479-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, Ancient Greece, Greece, Theatre Studies, Literary studies: classical, early & medieval, Ancient History, Ancient (Classical) Greek, Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Literary studies: plays and playwrights