Genology Games with Tradition. Old Polish Menippean Satire in the Context of Its Ancient Genre Models
Genology Games with Tradition. Old Polish Menippean Satire in the Context of Its Ancient Genre Models
Author(s): Monika SzczotSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: Old Polish Menippean satire; ancient Menippean satire; prosimetrum; imitation; innovation
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to describe the Old Polish Menippean satire and to indicate its relation with ancient examples of the genre. The Old Polish Menippean satire, similarly to its ancient genre models, is satirical and comic, but it is innovative in its utilitarian and didactic character.
Journal: Scripta Classica
- Issue Year: 2014
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 81-89
- Page Count: 9
- Language: English