CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2015
| Author | Kumic, Lea |
|---|---|
| Title | ADULTERY, GREED, AND BETRAYAL:SOCIAL CRITICISM IN NIKOLA NALJESKOVIC'S COMEDIES |
| Summary | The Comedies V, VI and VII of the Renaissance Ragusan writer Nikola Nalješković are a specific social criticism heritage. In these Comedies he wrote about different customs and conventions of society that can be seen as close to the Ragusan one. He did it by using humour - to provoke the laughter of the audience, but also to encourage them to rethink their own personal behaviour. I analysed the characters in the Comedies, their communication and their language with the aim to find patterns in which social criticism occurs – concerning strained marital relations, bourgeois greed, sexual affairs among the classes, human betrayal in friendship, and love romance.I identified certain behaviour and direct and indirect criticism used by the author in that respect. I could find out that, with tackling taboos, the author’s aim was not just to make the audience laugh, but also to operate didactically and make them aware of their flaws, which they may have successfully hidden by pretending a peaceful and harmonious lifestyle. |
| Supervisor | Gerhard Jaritz |
| Department | Medieval Studies MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2015/kumic_lea.pdf |
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