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Nel decimo anno dalla morte di Massimo Vetta, illustre studioso di letteratura greca, i curatori del presente volume hanno voluto tenere vivo il suo ricordo organizzando un seminario che ha raccolto una parte dell'esperienza di ricerca maturata sulle Vespe negli ultimi anni e che, al tempo stesso, ha indicato nuovi indirizzi nell'interpretazione di questa commedia. Il seminario, organizzato dall'Università "G. d'Annunzio" di Pescara (13-14 dicembre 2018), ha prodotto risultati fruttuosi sia nell'analisi dei personaggi e della trama, sia nello studio dei legami della commedia con la realtà sociale e politica dell'Atene del tempo. Si prendono in esame anche i meccanismi, i presupposti e i risultati della parodia esercitata nei confronti della lirica e della tragedia, il legame stretto fra l'eroe comico e la dimensione dionisiaca, l'aspetto metrico e teatrale della rappresentazione.
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"A comedy about tragedy and a play about playmaking, Aristophanes' Frogs (405 BCE) is perhaps the most popular of ancient comedies. This new introduction guides students through the play, its themes and contemporary contexts, and its reception history. Frogs offers sustained engagement with the Athenian literary scene, with the politics of Athens at the end of the Peloponnesian War, and with the religious understanding of the fifth-century city. It presents the earliest direct criticism of theatre and a detailed description of the Underworld, and also dramatizes the place of Mystery cults in the religious life of Athens and shows the political concerns that galvanized the citizens. It is also genuinely funny , showcasing a range of comic techniques, including literary and musical parody, political invective, grotesque distortion, wordplay, prop comedy, and funny costumes. Frogs has inspired literary works by Henry Fielding, George Bernard Shaw, and Tom Stoppard. This book explores all of these features in a series of short chapters designed to be accessible to a new reader of ancient comedy. It proceeds linearly through the play, addressing a range of issues, but paying particular attention to stagecraft and performance. It also offers a bold new interpretation of the play, suggesting that the action of Frogs was not the first time Euripides and Aeschylus had competed against each other."--
Comparative literature --- Aristophanes [Comicus] --- Aristophanes. --- Dramatic production. --- Stage history. --- Influence. --- Aristophanes comicus --- Aristophanes --- Aristofan --- Arystofanes --- Aristophane --- Aristofane --- Arisutopanesu --- Arisutofanesu --- Aristófanes --- Aristophanes Comicus --- אריסטופאנוס --- אריסטופאנס --- אריסטופאנס. כספי זיוה --- אריסטופניס --- אריסטופנס --- Ἀριστοφάνης
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"This volume sets out to discuss a crucial question for ancient comedy - what makes Aristophanes funny? Too often Aristophanes' humour is taken for granted as merely a tool for the delivery of political and social commentary. But Greek Old Comedy was above all else designed to amuse people, to win the dramatic competition by making the audience laugh the hardest. Any discussion of Aristophanes therefore needs to take into account the ways in which his humour actually works. This question is addressed in two ways. The first half of the volume offers an in-depth discussion of humour theory - a field heretofore largely overlooked by classicists and Aristophanists - examining various theoretical models within the specific context of Aristophanes' eleven extant plays. In the second half, contributors explore Aristophanic humour more practically, examining how specific linguistic techniques and performative choices affect the reception of humour, and exploring the range of subjects Aristophanes tackles as vectors for his comedy. A focus on performance shapes the narrative, since humour lives or dies on the stage - it is never wholly comprehensible on the page alone."
Greek wit and humor. --- Humor in literature. --- Aristophanes --- Aristophanes. --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Thematology --- Aristophanes [Comicus] --- Humor in literature --- Greek wit and humor --- Greek literature --- Aristophanes comicus --- Aristofan --- Arystofanes --- Aristophane --- Aristofane --- Arisutopanesu --- Arisutofanesu --- Aristófanes --- Aristophanes Comicus --- אריסטופאנוס --- אריסטופאנס --- אריסטופאנס. כספי זיוה --- אריסטופניס --- אריסטופנס --- Ἀριστοφάνης
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Athens (Greece) --- Aḟiny (Greece) --- Atene (Greece) --- Atʻēnkʻ (Greece) --- Ateny (Greece) --- Athen (Greece) --- Athēna (Greece) --- Athēnai (Greece) --- Athènes (Greece) --- Athinai (Greece) --- Athīnā (Greece) --- Αθήνα (Greece) --- Aristophane --- Critique et interprétation. --- Aristophanes --- Aristofan --- Arystofanes --- Aristofane --- Arisutopanesu --- Arisutofanesu --- Aristófanes --- Aristophanes Comicus --- אריסטופאנוס --- אריסטופאנס --- אריסטופאנס. כספי זיוה --- אריסטופניס --- אריסטופנס --- Ἀριστοφάνης --- Aristophane, --- Critique et interprétation
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