AristophanesandthePoeticsofCompetition

作者 Zachary P. Biles著
出版社 CambridgeUniversityPress
出版时间 2011年3月
ISBN 9780521764070
定价 790.20

内容简介

AtheniancomicdramawaswrittenforperformanceatfestivalshonouringthegodDionysos.Throughdramaticactionandopendiscourse,poetssoughttoengagetheirrivalsandimpresstheaudience,allinanefforttoobtainvictoryinthecompetitions.ThisbookusesthatcompetitiveperformancecontextasaninterpretiveframeworkwithinwhichtounderstandthethematicinterestsshapingtheplotsandpoeticqualityofAristophanes'playsinparticular,andofOldComedyingeneral.StudyingfiveindividualplaysfromtheAristophaniccorpusaswellasfragmentsofothercomicpoets,itrevealsthecompetitivepoeticsdistinctivetoeach.Italsotracesthematicconnectionswithotherpoetictraditions,especiallyepic,lyric,andtragedy,andtherebyseekstoplacecompetitivepoeticswithinbroadertrendsinGreekliterature.

作者简介

ZacharyP.BilesisAssistantProfessorofClassicsatFranklinandMarshallCollege,Pennsylvania,USA.JuniorFellowattheCenterforHellenicStudies,HarvardUniversity,WashingtonDC(2004-5),andProfessorattheIntercollegiateCenterforClassicalStudies,Rome(2003-4),hewasawardedtheBasilGildersleevePrizefromtheAmericanJournalofPhilologyandJohnsHopkinsUniversityPressin2003.

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