Some Generic Terms That Have Been Applied to Petronius'
Satyricon
- Satire
- Menippean Satire
- Critical Parody
- "Affectionate" Parody
- Mock Epic
- Mock Romance
- Novel
- Realistic Erotic Novel
- Picaresque
- Comic novel
- Confession
- Tour de force mixture of genres
last modified 9-6-2000 by timmoore@mail.utexas.edu