Roman comedy

by Konstan, David

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Full title :Roman comedy / David Konstan.

Summary

This book explores the social institutions, the prevailing social values, and the ideology of the ancient city-state as revealed in Roman Comedy. "The very essence of comedy is social," writes David Konstan, "and in the complex movement of its plots we may be able to discern the lineaments and contradictions of the reigning ideas of an age."David Konstan looks closely at eight plays: Plautus's Aulularia, Asinaria, Captivi, Rudens, Cistellaria, and Truculentus, and Terence's Phormio and Hecyra. Offering new interpretations of each, he develops a "typology of plot forms" by analyzing structural features and patterns of conventional behavior in the plays, and he relates the results of his literary analysis to contemporary social conditions. He argues that the plays address tensions that were potentially disruptive to the ancient city-state, and that they tended to resolve these tensions in ways that affirmed traditional values. Roman Comedy is an innovative and challenging book that will be welcomed by students of classical literature, ancient social history, the history of the theater, and comedy as a genre

Edition Statements

Publication Date:1983.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Cornell University Press
Place of Publication:Ithaca
Language:eng
Publication Date:1983.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (182 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781501731754, 1501731750
oclc:ocn561562640
LC Classification:PA6069
Dewey Decimal:872/.01/09

Subjects

Aufsatzsammlung Comédie latine -- Histoire et critique Criticism, interpretation, etc History Interpretation Komödie Latein Latin drama (Comedy) Latin drama (Comedy) -- History and cri… LITERARY CRITICISM -- Drama Plautus, Titus Maccius Rome (Empire) Terentius Afer, Publius Theater Theater -- History -- To 500 Theater -- Rome Théâtre -- Histoire -- Jusqu'à 500 Théâtre -- Rome To 500