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The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy

Within this volume, aspects of linguistic humour in ancient Greek comedy are explored. A rich repertoire of verbal artifices and types of joke is analysed, with emphasis on their contribution to the creation of comic effect and the aesthetic function of the plays. The examination ranges over the ent...

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Formaat: Online
Taal:Engels
Gepubliceerd in: De Gruyter 2024
Onderwerpen:
Ancient Greek Humour
Aristophanes
Middle and New Comedy
Ancient Greek Language
thema EDItEUR::A The Arts::AT Performing arts::ATY History of Performing Arts
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DB Ancient, classical and medieval texts
thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DD Plays, playscripts::DDL Comedic plays
Online toegang:ONIX_20240711_9783111295282_22
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Samenvatting:Within this volume, aspects of linguistic humour in ancient Greek comedy are explored. A rich repertoire of verbal artifices and types of joke is analysed, with emphasis on their contribution to the creation of comic effect and the aesthetic function of the plays. The examination ranges over the entire history of ancient Greek comic drama, from Aristophanes to New Comedy. A survey of recent research on the language of Greek comedy is included.

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