Bertolin Cebrián, Reyes
Comic Epic and Parodies of Epic

Literature for Youth and Children in Ancient Greece.

The book deals with the classification of humorous epic in ancient Greece, investigating the assumption that comic epic constitutes an independent genre from parody. Although very few fragments have survived, there is enough evidence to postulate three different sub-genres: humorous oral epic, written parodies, and beast epics. Each corresponds with a different period of Greek history, different authorship, different public and different purpose. The fragments are studied in the social and historical context of the time of their production and compared with other contemporary literary genres. 133 Seiten, broschiert (Spudasmata. Studien zur Klassischen Philologie und ihren Grenzgebieten; Band 122/Olms Verlag 2008)