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ISBN: 9780195309966 0195309960 0199789444 0195385950 9786611163532 1281163538 0198042345 1435619749 Year: 2007 Volume: *1 Publisher: New York Oxford university press
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Making Mockery explores the dynamics of comic mockery and satire in Greek and Roman poetry, and argues that poets working with such material composed in accordance with shared generic principles and literary protocols. It encourages a synoptic, synchronic view of such poetry, from archaic iambus through Roman satire, and argues that if we can appreciate the abstract poetics of mockery that governs individual poets in such genres, we can we better understand how such poetry functioned in its own historical moment. Rosen examines in particular the various strategies deployed by ancient satirical poets to enlist the sympathies of a putative audience, convince them of the justice of their indignation and the legitimacy of their personal attacks. The mocking satirist at the height of his power remains elusive and paradoxical--a figure of self-constructed abjection, yet arrogant and sarcastic at the same time; a figure whose speech can be self-righteous one moment, but scandalous the next; who will insist on the "reality" of his poetry, but make it clear that this reality is always mediated by an inescapable movement towards fictionality. While scholars have often, in principle, acknowledged the force of irony, persona-construction and other such devices by which satirists destabilize their claims, very often in practice--especially when considering individual satirists in isolation from others--they too succumb to the satirist's invitation to take what he says at face value. Despite the sophisticated critical tools they may bring to bear on satirical texts, therefore, classicists still tend to treat such poets ultimately as monochromatically indignant, vindictive individuals on a genuine self-righteous mission. This study, however, argues that that a far subtler analysis of the aggressive, poeticized subject in Classical antiquity--its target, and its audience--is called for.
ISBN: 9789042917484 9782877239257 9042917482 287723925X Year: 2006 Volume: 49 Publisher: Louvain Peeters
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Greek drama (Comedy) --- Latin drama (Comedy) --- Comédie grecque --- Comédie latine --- History and criticism. --- Histoire et critique --- Horace. --- Horace --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Comédie grecque --- Comédie latine --- Verse satire, Classical --- Classical verse satire --- Classical poetry --- History and criticism --- Orazio --- Horacij Flakk, Kvint --- Horatius Flaccus, Quintus --- Horatius Flaccus, Q. --- Horace. Satires --- Sources --- Grec (langue) --- Latin (langue) --- Influence --- Influence grecque --- Stylistique --- Satires --- Satires. --- Influence. --- Influence grecque. --- Stylistique. --- Gorat︠s︡īĭ --- Gorat︠s︡iĭ Flakk, Kvint --- Horacij --- Horacio, --- Horacio Flaco, Q. --- Horacjusz --- Horacjusz Flakkus, Kwintus --- Horacy --- Horaṭiyos --- Horaṭiyus --- Horats --- Horaz --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ --- Khorat︠s︡iĭ Flak, Kvint --- Orazio Flacco, Quinto --- הוראציוס --- הורטיוס --- Horace - Criticism and interpretation.
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