Heather L. Vincent

Associate Dean for General Education, Associate Professor of Classics

Roman Satire, Greek and Roman Comedy, Humor Studies, Humor Theory, Sex and Gender

Book Peer reviewed

Plautus: Casina [translation and introduction]

by Heather L. Vincent

Accepted for publication 12/14/2025

Review Peer reviewed

Gender and Sexuality in Juvenal's Rome. Satire 2 and Satire 6

by Heather Vincent

Published 04/01/2021

71, 1, 114 - 117

Review Peer reviewed

Book review. Massih Zekavat (2017). Satire, Humor, and the Construction of Identities. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins

by Heather Vincent

Published 05/01/2019

The European Journal of Humour Research, 7, 1

Massih Zekavat (2017). Satire, Humor, and the Construction of Identities. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 210 pp.

Book chapter

Sexual Transgression – Roman World

by Heather L. Vincent

Published 2014

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Bible & Gender Studies

Book chapter

Fabula Stataria

by Heather Vincent

Published 05/28/2013

A companion to Terence, 69 - 88

Many would agree that stataria does seem to mark something that is uniquely Terentian. This chapter demonstrates the ways in which verbal and performative humor intersect in Terence. More specifically, the chapter argues that the appreciation of humor in Terence requires attention to a variety of tropes. Here the author looks at two tropes that operate at multiple narrative levels, and that bring language and performance into even closer contact. In addition to providing a humorous moment on stage, both metatheater and parody can lend coherence to the overall comic architecture of the play by linking scenes, motifs, and elements of the plot. A final characteristic of Terence's language critical to the construction of comedy, and one which often goes hand‐in‐hand with metatheater, is his penchant for reported speech. Terence's use of bilingual expressions and shifts in register, while sometimes subtle, display a nuanced and complex approach to verbal humor.

Book chapter

Language and Humor: Fabula Stataria and Laughter in Terence

by Heather L. Vincent

Published 2013

A companion to Terence, 69 - 88