Aristophanes and the poetics of competition

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Biles, Zachary P. 1968- (Συγγραφέας)
• Μορφή: Βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cambridge; New York Cambridge University Press c2011
• Θέματα: Αριστοφάνης > 444-388 > Ερμηνεία και κριτική; Ελληνικό δράμα (Κωμωδία) > Ιστορία και κριτική

"Athenian comic drama was written for performance at festivals honouring the god Dionysos. Through dramatic action and open discourse, poets sought to engage their rivals and impress the audience, all in an effort to obtain victory in the competitions. This book uses that competitive performanc...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: proagon
• 1. From Thamyris to Aristophanes: the competitive poetics of the comic parabasis
• 2. The competitive partnership of Aristophanes and Dikaiopolis in Acharnians
• 3. Aristophanes' poetic tropaion: competitive didaskalia and contest records in Knights
• 4. Intertextual biography in the rivalry of Cratinus and Aristophanes
• 5. Aristophanes' Clouds-palinode
• 6. Dionysos and dionysia in Frogs.