Στην εργασία αυτή εξετάζεται η λειτουργία της αισχρολογίας στους Αχαρνής και την Ειρήνη του Αριστοφάνη. Οι δύο κωμωδίες επιλέχτηκαν επειδή έχουν κοινό θέμα, την αναζήτηση της ειρήνης από έναν Αθηναίο αγρότη και διακρίνονται σαφώς σε δύο μέρη: αυτό του πολέμου και αυτό της ειρήνης. Μέσα από την σύγκριση των παρόμοιων σκηνών αποδεικνύεται ότι η χρήση της αισχρολογίας είναι διαφορετική στα δύο έργα: στους Αχαρνής εξαρτάται περισσότερο από τον χαρακτήρα του Δικαιόπολη και είναι ευθεία και επιθετική, ενώ στην Ειρήνη είναι πιο εκλεπτυσμένη και σχεδόν καθόλου επιθετική. Αυτό οφείλεται στο ότι η Ειρήνη διδάχτηκε όταν οι αντίπαλες παρατάξεις του Πελοποννησιακού πολέμου ήσαν έτοιμες να συνάψουν ειρήνη, ενώ το 425 π.Χ., που διδάχτηκαν οι Αχαρνής, η ειρήνη φαινόταν πολύ μακρινή. Το συμπέρασμα είναι ότι ο Αριστοφάνης σε κάθε κωμωδία χειρίζεται με διαφορετικό τρόπο την αισχρολογία, η οποία αναδεικνύεται σε στοιχείο της τέχνης του στενά δεμένο με την πλοκή και αποκαλυπτικό του χαρακτήρα των δραματικών προσώπων. / The aim of this study is to present a detailed analysis of the the function of obscenity in Aristophanes’ Acharnians and Peace. The two comedies have been chosen because of their common theme, the quest for peace by an Athenian countryman. Both are clearly divided in two parts: that of the war and the other one for the peace. The comparison of the similar scenes proves that the use of obscenity in the two plays is different: in Acharnians it depends mostly on the character of Dikaiopolis and is explicit and aggressive, while in Peace is more refined and relevant to the theme of the play. This is due to the fact that Peace was performed in 421 B.C., when opponent parties of the Peloponnesian War were ready to sign peace. On the other hand in 425 B.C., when Acharnians was performed, peace seemed to be far away. The conclusion is that Aristophanes in each comedy handles the obscenity in a different way. That obscenity is revealed as an element of his art closely related with the plot and the character of the dramatic persons.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1992. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Princeton University, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references.

This study deals with the Supreme Court decision in the case of Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (1973). The study analyzes the arguments presented in the decision by both the majority and the dissenting justices according to the Toulmin model. This study begins with a review of viewpoints on the First Amendment, and how they will be applied to the question addressed in the thesis. The history of the obscenity controversy is detailed to explain the viewpoints that the Supreme Court has taken dealing with this problem. This study concluded that the arguments presented by the majority were not supported by ample evidence. The arguments presented by Justice Douglas in the dissent were more justified. This study concludes that more study needs to be conducted in the area of obscenity; and that the material should not be suppressed.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Este trabalho investiga o que chamamos crimes da literatura, no livro de Carlos Heitor Cony, Pilatos (1974), em perspectiva comparada com o livro de contos Secreções, excreções e desatinos (2001), de Rubem Fonseca. Cony, famoso autor e jornalista, com histórico de prisões políticas na época da ditadura, publicou Pilatos obra de linguagem considerada pornográfica ainda na vigência da censura. Rubem Fonseca, perseguido pelos censores desde Feliz ano novo (1975), devido às suas narrativas também consideradas contrárias à moral e aos bons costumes, publicou Secreções, excreções e desatinos livre de censura. Este estudo, a partir das análises dos textos referidos, questiona o que é o crime da literatura? E, se não há mais a conjunção de censura política e repressão moral, se está esgotado o embate entre argumentos moralistas e liberais, como podem ser lidos os novos códigos de controle desse imaginário? O objetivo desta tese é, sobretudo, discutir a possibilidade da permanência ou não destes livros como transgressores em relação ao tratamento dado ao corpo no panorama contemporâneo. Para tanto, serão analisadas as diferentes formas de representação do corpo nesses livros, a partir de conceitos, como castração, pornografia e obscenidade, investigados em campos de estudo sobre as representações do corpo nas áreas de psicologia, sociologia e da crítica literária / This paper investigates what we call of crimes of Literature in Carlos Heitor Conys book, Pilatos (1974) in a comparative perspective with the story telling book Secreções, excreções e desatinos (2001), written by Rubem Fonseca. Cony, the famous author and journalist, with a history of political prisons during the Brazilian dictatorial period, has published Pilatos a work of language that was considered pornographic even in the presence of censorship. Rubem Fonseca was perused by the censors since the release of Feliz Ano Novo (1975), narrative also considered contradictory to the moral and good manners, he published Secreções, excreções e desatinos, free from the censorship. From these analyses, this paper questions what is the crime of literature? And, if there are no more links between political censorship and moral repressions, if the arguments between the moralistic and the liberals are vanishing, how the new codes of the imaginary control can be read?The objective of this thesis is to mainly discuss the possibility of the permanence or not, of these books like transgressors, related to the treatment given of the body in a contemporary perspective. Therefore this paper will analyze the different forms of body representations on these books, considering concepts like castration, 'pornography', 'obscenity', investigated in study fields about body representations in the psychology, sociology and literary criticism area

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In this paper. I attempt to prove that obscenity as a legal concept is actually a moral judgment made by patriarchal powers and a political tool used to police female sexuality. I analyze James Joyce’s Ulysses as a case study, using Gustave Flaubert’s Madame Bovary as a precedent. While I believe that literature can transfer and inspire ideas, I don’t believe that transferring or inspiring perversity was the intent or effect of these novels. I argue not only that the trials’ prosecutions incorrectly claim that the novels sexually arouse the average or reasonable reader, but also that they do the opposite, or fail to meet expectations to do so. In the case of Madame Bovary, I further argue that the defense incorrectly claims that the novel has and enforces a set of morals, as the novel neither punishes nor lauds its protagonist, or any of its characters for the matter. These so-called obscene novels don’t convert the everyman into a pervert. However, Ulysses and Madame Bovary do reflect and thus reveal a reality that is inconsistent with the censors’ imagined utopia: the characters in the novels’ world as well as the readers in the real word are all sexual beings, women included. I argue that censors banned novels such as Ulysses and Madame Bovary because they wished to police female sexuality under the guise of protecting the public from obscenity. Specifically, they prevented the publishing and distribution of these and other Modernist texts in an attempt to erase realistic representations of female sexuality, thus illegitimating it. Nevertheless, the perseverance of these texts proves that moral values, particularly those regarding sexuality, cannot be enforced by the law (and neither should they be).

Thesis (M.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-132). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico / Este trabalho investiga o que chamamos crimes da literatura, no livro de Carlos Heitor Cony, Pilatos (1974), em perspectiva comparada com o livro de contos Secreções, excreções e desatinos (2001), de Rubem Fonseca. Cony, famoso autor e jornalista, com histórico de prisões políticas na época da ditadura, publicou Pilatos obra de linguagem considerada pornográfica ainda na vigência da censura. Rubem Fonseca, perseguido pelos censores desde Feliz ano novo (1975), devido às suas narrativas também consideradas contrárias à moral e aos bons costumes, publicou Secreções, excreções e desatinos livre de censura. Este estudo, a partir das análises dos textos referidos, questiona o que é o crime da literatura? E, se não há mais a conjunção de censura política e repressão moral, se está esgotado o embate entre argumentos moralistas e liberais, como podem ser lidos os novos códigos de controle desse imaginário? O objetivo desta tese é, sobretudo, discutir a possibilidade da permanência ou não destes livros como transgressores em relação ao tratamento dado ao corpo no panorama contemporâneo. Para tanto, serão analisadas as diferentes formas de representação do corpo nesses livros, a partir de conceitos, como castração, pornografia e obscenidade, investigados em campos de estudo sobre as representações do corpo nas áreas de psicologia, sociologia e da crítica literária / This paper investigates what we call of crimes of Literature in Carlos Heitor Conys book, Pilatos (1974) in a comparative perspective with the story telling book Secreções, excreções e desatinos (2001), written by Rubem Fonseca. Cony, the famous author and journalist, with a history of political prisons during the Brazilian dictatorial period, has published Pilatos a work of language that was considered pornographic even in the presence of censorship. Rubem Fonseca was perused by the censors since the release of Feliz Ano Novo (1975), narrative also considered contradictory to the moral and good manners, he published Secreções, excreções e desatinos, free from the censorship. From these analyses, this paper questions what is the crime of literature? And, if there are no more links between political censorship and moral repressions, if the arguments between the moralistic and the liberals are vanishing, how the new codes of the imaginary control can be read?The objective of this thesis is to mainly discuss the possibility of the permanence or not, of these books like transgressors, related to the treatment given of the body in a contemporary perspective. Therefore this paper will analyze the different forms of body representations on these books, considering concepts like castration, 'pornography', 'obscenity', investigated in study fields about body representations in the psychology, sociology and literary criticism area

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