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Robson, James
(2014).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/9781614511250.29
URL: http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/182126?forma...
Abstract
This chapter examines the way in which Aristophanes introduces obscene words into his comedies both at the beginning of the plays and subsequently, following more heightened and/or more sober sequences. The Aristophanic norm is to introduce obscenity unsignalled, the 'obscenity out of nowhere' technique, often employed to signal abuse, crudeness, buffoonery and/or freedom from inhibitions. Alternatively, the poet sometimes employs the 'build-up' technique, in which double entendres and sexual allusions occur with increasing intensity before a climactic primary obscenity is finally introduced. Examples of both techniques are analysed, and some of the challenges that Aristophanic obscenity present and the relationship between obscenity and paratragedy are explored.
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- Item ORO ID
- 39690
- Item Type
- Book Section
- ISBN
- 1-61451-166-7, 978-1-61451-166-3
- Keywords
- Aristophanes; Old Comedy; obscenity; Ancient Greece
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities > Classical Studies
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Copyright Holders
- © 2014 Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Depositing User
- James Robson