Aristophanes, the accuser of Socrates: some sociolinguistic aspects of comedy

• Authors: Bednarek Bartłomiej
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This paper examines the impact of verbal abuse typical of the old Attic comedy on the reputations of real-life citizens of Athens. It can be argued that the way in which comic poets insulted well-known people of their age shared many characteristics with the communicative strategies applied in everyday familiar speech. This may indicate that the only proper reaction to it consisted in accepting the ridicule as if it were not offensive.

Keywords

EN

old comedy; aischrology; shame; obscenity; personal abuse

• Publisher: Księgarnia Akademicka
• Journal: Classica Cracoviensia
• Year: 2015
• Issue: 18
• Pages: 39-50

Contributors

author

Bednarek Bartłomiej

• Uniwersytet Jagielloński

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12797/CC.18.2015.18.02