Paracomedy: Appropriations of Comedy in Greek Drama examines the previously overlooked practice of paracomedy: how ancient Greek tragedians appropriated elements from comedy such as costumes, scenes, plots, or language. Theorizing a new relationship between tragedy and comedy, it redefines how we should understand tragedy and reveals a dynamic theatrical world filled with mutual influence.
Paracomedy: Appropriations of Comedy in Greek Drama examines the previously overlooked practice of paracomedy: how ancient Greek tragedians appropriated elements from comedy such as costumes, scenes, plots, or language. Theorizing a new relationship between tragedy and comedy, it redefines how we should understand tragedy and reveals a dynamic theatrical world filled with mutual influence.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Craig Jendza is an Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Kansas. His research and teaching cover a wide variety of topics, including Greek drama, mythology, magic, linguistics, humor and horror.
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* Preface * Note to the Reader * Introduction * Chapter 1: Understanding Paracomedy * 1.1 The Question of Methodology * 1.2 The Question of Motivation * 1.3 The Question of Distribution * Chapter 2: Early Paracomedy * 2.1 Aeschylus' Oresteia and Old Comedy * 2.2 The Paracomic Heracles in Euripides' Alcestis * 2.3 The Paracomic Heracles in Euripides' Heracles * 2.4 Conclusion * Chapter 3: From Rags to Drag: Paracomic Costuming * 3.1 Dressing in Rags: Aristophanes' Acharnians and his Critique of Euripides * 3.2 Dressing in Rags: Euripides' Helen and the Re-appropriation of Acharnians * 3.3 Dressing in Drag: Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmophoria and his Critique of Euripides * 3.4 Dressing in Drag: Euripides' Bacchae and the Re-appropriation of Women at the Thesmophoria * 3.5 Conclusion * Chapter 4: Paracomedy and the Structure of Euripides' Helen * 4.1 The Structure of Helen * 4.2 Phase 1: "Helen", A Play with a Tragic Character (1-385) * 4.3 Phase 2: "Menelaus", A Play with a Comic Character (386-527) * 4.4 Phase 3: "Helen" vs. "Menelaus", Tragedy vs. Comedy (527-1106) * 4.5 Phase 4: "Helen" Victorious (1107-1692) * 4.6 Conclusion * Chapter 5: Euripides' Orestes: A Paracomic Play * 5.1 The Parodos of Orestes and the Parodos of Peace * 5.2 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Helen * 5.3 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Palamedes * 5.4 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Andromeda * 5.5 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Telephus * 5.6 The Conclusion of Orestes and the Conclusion of Clouds * 5.7 Conclusion * Chapter 6: Paracomedy and Relative Chronology * 6.1 Paracomedy or Paratragedy? * 6.2 Euripides' Antiope and Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmophoria * 6.3 Conclusion * Chapter 7: The Aftermath of Paracomedy * 7.1 Rhesus and the Imitation of Paracomedy * 7.2 Rhinthon's Hilarotragedies * 7.3 Pollux's Tragic Parabases * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index Locorum * General Index
* Preface * Note to the Reader * Introduction * Chapter 1: Understanding Paracomedy * 1.1 The Question of Methodology * 1.2 The Question of Motivation * 1.3 The Question of Distribution * Chapter 2: Early Paracomedy * 2.1 Aeschylus' Oresteia and Old Comedy * 2.2 The Paracomic Heracles in Euripides' Alcestis * 2.3 The Paracomic Heracles in Euripides' Heracles * 2.4 Conclusion * Chapter 3: From Rags to Drag: Paracomic Costuming * 3.1 Dressing in Rags: Aristophanes' Acharnians and his Critique of Euripides * 3.2 Dressing in Rags: Euripides' Helen and the Re-appropriation of Acharnians * 3.3 Dressing in Drag: Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmophoria and his Critique of Euripides * 3.4 Dressing in Drag: Euripides' Bacchae and the Re-appropriation of Women at the Thesmophoria * 3.5 Conclusion * Chapter 4: Paracomedy and the Structure of Euripides' Helen * 4.1 The Structure of Helen * 4.2 Phase 1: "Helen", A Play with a Tragic Character (1-385) * 4.3 Phase 2: "Menelaus", A Play with a Comic Character (386-527) * 4.4 Phase 3: "Helen" vs. "Menelaus", Tragedy vs. Comedy (527-1106) * 4.5 Phase 4: "Helen" Victorious (1107-1692) * 4.6 Conclusion * Chapter 5: Euripides' Orestes: A Paracomic Play * 5.1 The Parodos of Orestes and the Parodos of Peace * 5.2 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Helen * 5.3 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Palamedes * 5.4 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Andromeda * 5.5 Orestes and Women at the Thesmophoria's Parody of Telephus * 5.6 The Conclusion of Orestes and the Conclusion of Clouds * 5.7 Conclusion * Chapter 6: Paracomedy and Relative Chronology * 6.1 Paracomedy or Paratragedy? * 6.2 Euripides' Antiope and Aristophanes' Women at the Thesmophoria * 6.3 Conclusion * Chapter 7: The Aftermath of Paracomedy * 7.1 Rhesus and the Imitation of Paracomedy * 7.2 Rhinthon's Hilarotragedies * 7.3 Pollux's Tragic Parabases * Conclusion * Bibliography * Index Locorum * General Index
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