That Joke isn't Funny Anymore : A Generic Inquiry into the Fundamentals of Old Comedy

University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

Author: Alexander Hammar; [2019]

Keywords: Athenian Drama; Old Comedy; Genre; Rhetorical Genre Theory; Aristophanes; Eupolis; Cratinus; Phrynicus; Aristotle;

Abstract: The aim of the thesis is to investigate and define from a genre perspective how cultural, social, and situational factors interacted in old comedy between 425 and 388 BCE.

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