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The Expression of Sarcasm in the Odyssey

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dc.contributor.authorMinchin, Elizabeth
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-10T23:09:09Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:32:48Z
dc.description.abstractI begin with a survey of relevant literature on sarcastic talk as it occurs in the anglophone world today. Having developed a 'view' of sarcasm in this contemporary world, I turn to the expression of sarcasm in Homer. My examination of the spoken exchanges in the second half of the Odyssey reveals many features in common with sarcastic talk in the contemporary world. I go on to demonstrate that the poet has used sarcastic talk to shape character, to establish mood, and, above all, to give structure to the scenes which bring together Odysseus and the suitors in the palace on Ithaka.
dc.identifier.issn0026-7074
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/63361
dc.publisherBrill Academic Publishers
dc.rightshttp://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0026-7074/..."author can archive pre-print (ie pre-refereeing)" from SHERPA/RoMEO site (as at 24/10/17).
dc.sourceMnemosyne
dc.subjectKeywords: characterization; Odyssey; rhetorical irony; sarcasm; story structure
dc.titleThe Expression of Sarcasm in the Odyssey
dc.typeJournal article
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
local.bibliographicCitation.issue4
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage556
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage533
local.contributor.affiliationMinchin, Elizabeth, College of Arts and Social Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.authoruidMinchin, Elizabeth, u8405449
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor200510 - Latin and Classical Greek Literature
local.identifier.absseo970120 - Expanding Knowledge in Languages, Communication and Culture
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB797
local.identifier.citationvolume63
local.identifier.doi10.1163/156852510X456192
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-78650659704
local.identifier.thomsonID000287390600001
local.type.statusSubmitted Version

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