For the most part Serious?: The comic potential of authorial metalepsis from Aristophanes to Lucian

Abstract Scholarship has drawn a contrast between modern uses of metalepsis (illogical transgressions of narrative levels), which are frequently assigned comic effects, and their ancient counterparts, which are deemed more serious. This article argues that in the case of authorial metalepsis, a way...

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Main Author: Kuhn-Treichel, Thomas (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 21 Mar 2023
In: Mnemosyne <Leiden>
Year: 2023, Volume: 76, Issue: 7, Pages: 1111-1140
ISSN:1568-525X
DOI:10.1163/1568525x-12347337
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1163/1568525x-12347337
Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://brill.com/view/journals/mnem/76/7/article-p1111_3.xml
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Author Notes:Thomas Kuhn-Treichel
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