%0 Journal Article
%T El humor como estrategia de cortes¨ªa positiva en De oratore, 2. 216-90
%A Correa
%A Soledad
%J Argos
%D 2009
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%X in spite of their unquestionable elements of idealization, critics have pointed out the importance of de oratore as a source for the study of the roman aristocracy's social practices. the analysis of one of the basic resources of "positive courtesy" - i.e. humor - in the excursus de ridiculis shows that it is presented as a powerful catalyst for social intercourse. as long as it fits to some sort of "laughable ethics", humor would be a key factor in creating solidarity among elite members, whose relationships present, as a rule, a strong agonistic slant.
%K cicero
%K pragmatics
%K politeness
%K humor
%K laughable ethics.
%U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1853-63792009000200001&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en