Constructing Gender in The Comic Mode

Perspectives on Greek and Roman Comic Literature

Margarita Alexandrou, Antonis Kyprou Petrides (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover

340 Seiten

2025
De Gruyter (Verlag)
978-3-11-077339-2 (ISBN)

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Gender was not theorised as such in Greco-Roman culture. Nonetheless, the concept of gender was never static or stable over the centuries—and if gender is a social construct, it is inevitably also a literary one. Ancient society and literature develop a dialectical, co-dependent dynamic in shaping and promulgating gender norms, perpetuating or challenging stereotypes. The book focuses on the construction of gender "in the comic mode", that is, in literary genres including, beyond comedy itself, iambic poetry, parody, mimiamb, epigram, satire, dialogue, even epistolography. Arguably, in terms of gender construction, the comic mode allows for a more uninhibited representation of sexuality, social roles, and stereotypical views and attitudes, using its arsenal of burlesque, grotesque, hyperbole, subversion, and standardised character types. Embracing—rather than obfuscating—the fluid nature of such fundamental concepts as "gender" and the "comic", and foregrounding their problematisation in antiquity, to the extent that such there was, the volume explores the convergences and divergences of gender construction within the "comic" canon, establishing a timeline of evolution, variation, and continuity as regards the relevant topoi. The book will be of interest to academics/students of Classics and Gender studies, as much as anyone interested in how ancient ideas of gender may have influenced modern thought.

Margarita Alexandrou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus; Antonis K. Petrides, Open University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.11.2025
Reihe/Serie	Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes
Verlagsort	Berlin/Boston
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Märchen / Sagen
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
Schlagworte	Antike Komödie • Comic mode • Gender • Greek Literature • Griechische Literatur • Roman Literature • Römische Literatur
ISBN-10	3-11-077339-2 / 3110773392
ISBN-13	978-3-11-077339-2 / 9783110773392
Zustand	Neuware