Golden Age Satire: Transformations of Genre
1990; Johns Hopkins University Press; Volume: 105; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2905293
ISSN1080-6598
Autores Tópico(s)Early Modern Spanish Literature
ResumoThe term satire is generally construed as a modal category. It was, and still is, used to describe certain thematic constants, criticism of social or moral conditions, as well as a specific tone, in works of a given period. As a mode, in the sense Northrop Frye or, lately, Claudio Guillen, understood it, satire was studied in narrative works-from the Picaresque to Cervantine fiction and in poetic and dramatic compositions.' This conception of satire informs the well-known studies of K. Scholberg on medieval and sixteenth century satirical works. Following Hodgart, Scholberg claims in his nota preliminar to Algunos aspectos de la satira en el siglo XVI:
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