menippea

English

Noun

menippea (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of Menippea
   • 1992, Thomas Jemielity, Satire and the Hebrew Prophets, →ISBN, page 65:

     A consequence of this universalism is the appearance in the menippea of what Bakhtin calls the three-planed construction of earth, Olympus, and the nether world.

   • 2004, David Sandner, Fantastic Literature: A Critical Reader, →ISBN, page 120:

     Typical for the menippea is syncrisis (that is, juxtaposition) of precisely such stripped-down "ultimate positions in the world."

   • 2009, Harold Bloom, Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky, →ISBN, page 48:

     The entire medieval development of the menippea is permeated with elements of local carnival folklore and reflects the specific features characteristic of various periods in the Middle Ages.

Italian

Adjective

menippea

1. feminine singular of menippeo