简介
This book documents the origins of modern comedy by examining the evolution of 'New Comedy', the Greek genre of which the works of Menander are the only surviving example. Earlier authors like Aristophanes wrote in a completely different style: raucous, bawdy, fantastical, and vaudeville. Menander (of whom Plutarch said, 'what other reason would a cultivated man have to go to the theatre?') and his contemporaries presented civilised, urban comedies based on the themes of quiet domestic dramas.The Romans adapted these comedies giving them their own farcical spin. Though they based their comedies on Greek originals, Plautus referred to them as 'barbarian versions'; they were mockeries on Hellenistic themes.Terence, by contrast, is more like Menander, whose plays he followed with some fidelity, but without success. The Romans did not crave realism, they wanted a good laugh and Terence- though he could have done so- refused to pander to their vulgar tastes. Yet he got his revenge. It was Terence whoprovided the touchstone boy-meets-girl plots which still appear today in various guises on the silver screen.An authoritative Introduction sets the papers, which are by leading experts in their field, in context and explores connections between them thus examining the legacy for modern comedies. All Latin and Greek is translated.
目录
Introduction Erich Segal
I Greek Antecedents
1 Euripidean Comedy Bernard Knox
II Menander
2 The Conventions of the Comic Stage and Their Exploitation Menander and E. W. Handley
3 Marriage and Prostitution in Classical New Comedy David Wiles
4 Love and Marriage in Greek New Comedy P. G. McC. Brown
5 Tragic Space and Comic Timing in Menander's Dyskolos N. J. Lowe
III Plautus
6 Plautus and the Public Stage Erich Gruen
7 Traditions of Theatrical Improvisation in Plautus: Some Considerations Gregor Vogt-Spira
8 Plautus' Mastery of Comic Language W. S. Anderson
9 The Menaechmi: Roman Comedy of Errors Erich Segal
10 Crucially Funny, or Tranio on the Couch: The Servus Callidus and Jokes About Torture Holt Parker
11 Aulularia: City-State and Individual D. Konstan
12 The Art of Deceit: Pseudolus and the Nature of Reading A. R. Sharrock
13 The Theatre of Plautus: Playing to the Audience Timothy J. Moore
14 The Theatrical Significance of Duplication in Plautus' Amphitruo Florence Dupont
15 Amphitruo, Bacchae, and Metatheatre Niall Slater
IV Terence
16 The Originality of Terence and His Greek Models Walther Ludwig
17 The Dramatic Balance of Terence's Andria Sander M. Goldberg
18 Terence's Hecyra: A Delicate Balance of Suspense and Dramatic Irony Dwora Gilula
19 Problems of Adaptation in the Eunuchus of Terence J. A. Barsby
20 The Intrigue of Terence's Self-Tormentor J. C. B. Lowe
21 Phormio parasitus: A Study in Dramatic Methods of Characterization W. Geoffrey Arnott
I Greek Antecedents
1 Euripidean Comedy Bernard Knox
II Menander
2 The Conventions of the Comic Stage and Their Exploitation Menander and E. W. Handley
3 Marriage and Prostitution in Classical New Comedy David Wiles
4 Love and Marriage in Greek New Comedy P. G. McC. Brown
5 Tragic Space and Comic Timing in Menander's Dyskolos N. J. Lowe
III Plautus
6 Plautus and the Public Stage Erich Gruen
7 Traditions of Theatrical Improvisation in Plautus: Some Considerations Gregor Vogt-Spira
8 Plautus' Mastery of Comic Language W. S. Anderson
9 The Menaechmi: Roman Comedy of Errors Erich Segal
10 Crucially Funny, or Tranio on the Couch: The Servus Callidus and Jokes About Torture Holt Parker
11 Aulularia: City-State and Individual D. Konstan
12 The Art of Deceit: Pseudolus and the Nature of Reading A. R. Sharrock
13 The Theatre of Plautus: Playing to the Audience Timothy J. Moore
14 The Theatrical Significance of Duplication in Plautus' Amphitruo Florence Dupont
15 Amphitruo, Bacchae, and Metatheatre Niall Slater
IV Terence
16 The Originality of Terence and His Greek Models Walther Ludwig
17 The Dramatic Balance of Terence's Andria Sander M. Goldberg
18 Terence's Hecyra: A Delicate Balance of Suspense and Dramatic Irony Dwora Gilula
19 Problems of Adaptation in the Eunuchus of Terence J. A. Barsby
20 The Intrigue of Terence's Self-Tormentor J. C. B. Lowe
21 Phormio parasitus: A Study in Dramatic Methods of Characterization W. Geoffrey Arnott
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