Journal article
Myth and paradox in Aristophanes: The poetics of appropriation
- Abstract:
- Offering a close reading on the most elaborate and paradoxical reworkings of mythical material by Aristophanes in his extant plays, this paper sheds light on the poetics of this procedure: what is changed, how, and why. Special emphasis is placed upon the poetological intention of appropriation, which is to claim the superiority of comedy over other genres. As for their intra-dramatic function (how they operate within the plot), the appropriated myths can be grouped into five categories: ‘persuasive’, ‘aetiological’, ‘antiphonal’, ‘abusive’, and ‘structural’ myths.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Crete University Press
- Journal:
- Logeion More from this journal
- Volume:
- 7
- Pages:
- 170-213
- Publication date:
- 2018-05-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-12-17
- ISSN:
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2241-2425
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pubs:819371
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819371
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- Copyright holder:
- University of Patras
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- Copyright 2018, University of Patras. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from the University of Patras at: https://www.logeion.upatras.gr/node/190
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