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Constructing Gender in the Comic Mode: Perspectives on Greek and Roman Comic Literature

Constructing Gender in the Comic Mode: Perspectives on Greek and Roman Comic Literature

Alexandrou, Margarita
Petrides, Antonis Kyprou

Hardcover

Series: Trends in Classics - Supplementary Volumes

Literary Criticism

PREORDER - Expected ship date February 14, 2027

ISBN10: 3110773392
ISBN13: 9783110773392
Publisher: de Gruyter
Published: Feb 14 2027
Pages: 340
Language: English

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.

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