Comedy, Irony, and Philosophy in Late Late Antique Prosimetra: Menippean Satire from the Fifth to the Eighth Century

Herren, Michael W.

doi:10.1484/j.jml.5.116032

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“…However, this is not the main point here; the interesting thing is that the text does not narrate the marriage, because it is an ineffabile fact, no matter if it actually occurred or not. 30 Since Relihan's work (1993) many interesting contributions have been written on the subject; to mention a few examples, Weinbrot (2008), Herren (2018), and Harris-Reichl (1997).…”

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Unity and Parody, or how to read a Menippean Satire: On Martianus’ <i>De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii</i>

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2020

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The present paper aims to propose the study of Martianus Capella’s De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii from a literary perspective, combining Theory of Genres and Functionalist Discourse Analysis. In order to disarticulate previous opinions on the work—which reduce menippean molds to a minimum, considering De nuptiis a didactic text—we state two main categories that work as axes in our interpretation: the unity of the work, and the presence of parody as the dominant register and unifying bond. In this framework, De nuptiis is no longer a failed encyclopedia, but a perfect Menippean satire.

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Unity and Parody, or how to read a Menippean Satire: On Martianus’ <i>De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii</i>

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2020

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Comedy, Irony, and Philosophy in Late Late Antique Prosimetra: Menippean Satire from the Fifth to the Eighth Century

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Unity and Parody, or how to read a Menippean Satire: On Martianus’ <i>De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii</i>

Unity and Parody, or how to read a Menippean Satire: On Martianus’ <i>De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii</i>

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