Metaphorical Obscenity in French Farce, 1460–1560

Bowen, Barbara C.

doi:10.1353/cdr.1977.0037

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“…Another kind of uncertainty underlies the metaphor that gives a new meaning to a known word based on the similarity that one must find on his own. Barbara Bowen (1982) writes that the metaphorical ambiguity precedes lexical ambiguity in the order of the history of meanings and is commonly used in farce. The foolishness of one of the heroes of such "metaphorical" farce L'Arbalète (The Crossbow) bases on its repeated literal understanding of metaphors.…”

Section: The Farcementioning

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Theater and the Sacred in the Middle Ages

Dąbrówka¹,

Kocur²

2019

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The Publication is funded by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Poland as a part of the National Programme for the Development of the Humanities. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Ministry cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.Cover Ilustration: Excerpt from Roman ivory relief "Women at Christ's tomb and the ascension", the so-called "Reidersche Tafel". Inv.-Nr. 157 MA, Foto Nr. D27841.

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Section: The Farcementioning

confidence: 99%