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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description 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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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1404192024-07-12T04:10:44Z The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy Apostolakis, Kostas Konstantakos, Ioannis M. 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 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. 2024-07-12T04:10:43Z 2024-07-12T04:10:43Z 2024-07-11T15:25:24Z 2024 book ONIX_20240711_9783111295282_22 1868-4785 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/92159 9783111295282 9783111294490 9783111295992 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/140419 eng Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes open access image/jpeg n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/92159/1/9783111295282.pdf De Gruyter De Gruyter 10.1515/9783111295282 10.1515/9783111295282 af2fbfcc-ee87-43d8-a035-afb9d7eef6a5 9783111295282 9783111294490 9783111295992 De Gruyter 437 Berlin/Boston open access
spellingShingle 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
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The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy
title The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy
title_full The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy
title_fullStr The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy
title_full_unstemmed The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy
title_short The Play of Language in Ancient Greek Comedy
title_sort play of language in ancient greek comedy
topic 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
topic_facet 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
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