Satire ‐ the elusive genre
Carl Joachim Classen
The first part of this paper is concerned with what the Romans up to end century A.D. associated satire, deduced from views and remarks Horace, Persius, Juvenal, Quintilian. Satire appears be characterized by heterogeneity its elements (censure, wit, disorderly arrangement). In second use satiricus in late antiquity Porphyrio, Donatus, Ausonius, St. Jerome examined shown have different meanings. third section deals satire during Middle Ages points out certain features that made it acceptable Christians. Finally how genre flourished again Renaissance, but eventually fell victim most characteristic feature, lack a clearly defined form, content or purpose.
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