The function of humour in Roman verse satire : laughing and lying
Maria Plaza (Author)
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, to display humour and to promote a serious moral message
Criticism, interpretation, etc
1 online resource (370 pages)
9781429422000, 9780199281114, 1429422009, 0199281114
77176002
Introduction. The function of humour in Roman satire ; Survey of humour theories ; Survey of critical literature on humour in Roman satire ; A note on author and persona ; The paradoxes of satire, as mapped by Alvin Kernan ; Programmatic statements on humour in Roman satire ; Programmatic jokes : the hidden agenda of ambiguity
Object-oriented humour. The principle of mockery from below ; Horace ; Persius ; Juvenal
Humour directed at the persona. The Muses of satire : walking, sitting, and absent ; Horace : profitable self-irony ; Persius' splitting self ; Juvenal : to laugh with him or at him?
Non-aligned humour. The concept of non-aligned humour in satire ; Horace : optical grey : the balance of extremes ; Juvenal : of monsters great and small : describing a grotesque world
Epilogue : the genre devours itself
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