Ritual and Performativity : The Chorus in Old Comedy

Anton Bierl

ISBN 10: 0674023730 / ISBN 13: 9780674023734

Edité par Harvard University, Center For Hellenic Studies Jan 2007, 2007

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Neuware - In this groundbreaking study, Anton Bierl uses recent approaches in literary and cultural studies to investigate the chorus of Old Comedy. After an extensive theoretical introduction that also serves as a general introduction to the dramatic chorus from the comic vantage point, a close reading of Aristophanes' 'Thesmophoriazusae' shows that ritual is indeed present in both the micro- and macrostructure of Attic comedy, not as a fossilized remnant of the origins of the genre but as part of a still existing performative choral culture. The chorus members do play a role within the dramatic plot, but they simultaneously refer to their own performance in the here and now and to their function as participants in a ritual. Bierl's investigation also includes an unparalleled treatment of the phallic songs preserved by Semos.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Ritual and Performativity : The Chorus in Old Comedy
• Éditeur: Harvard University, Center For Hellenic Studies Jan 2007
• Date de parution: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0674023730
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780674023734
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 140 H x 23 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 140 millimètres de hauteur par 23 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 658 grammes

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Synopsis

In this groundbreaking study, Anton Bierl uses recent approaches in literary and cultural studies to investigate the chorus of Old Comedy. After an extensive theoretical introduction that also serves as a general introduction to the dramatic chorus from the comic vantage point, a close reading of Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusae shows that ritual is indeed present in both the micro- and macrostructure of Attic comedy, not as a fossilized remnant of the origins of the genre but as part of a still existing performative choral culture. The chorus members do play a role within the dramatic plot, but they simultaneously refer to their own performance in the here and now and to their function as participants in a ritual. Bierl's investigation also includes an unparalleled treatment of the phallic songs preserved by Semos.

À propos des auteurs

Anton Bierl is Professor of Greek Philology at the University of Basel.

Alexander Hollmann is Assistant Professor of the Classics at the University of Washington.