Untersuchungen zur Komik im ›Plutos‹ des Aristophanes

Hauke Schneider

Published by De Gruyter 2024

Untersuchungen zur Komik im ›Plutos‹ des Aristophanes

Studies on the Use of Comedy in Aristophanes’s “Plutus”

Hauke Schneider

Volume 159 in the series Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111391809

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Plutos is generally regarded as the dull capstone of Aristophanes' illustrious career and of a genre that has long since left its heyday behind. The present work revises this negative judgement. Through a comprehensive analysis of the historical and cultural background of the play, it demonstrates that the theme of money dealt with in Plutos was highly topical for the Athenian audience of 388 BC. Drawing on modern theories, the author examines the comedy of the play and analyses it not only scene by scene, but also with a view to the whole. A comic plot is worked out that is not only characteristic of Pluto, but of every comedy by Aristophanes. The mode of action of comedy in Old Comedy is thus described in a fundamentally new way and the understanding of the genre in this respect is placed on a new foundation. The reinterpretation of Pluto proves the play to be a direct critique of the times in the tradition of 5th century Old Comedy.

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Hauke Schneider, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Dank Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Inhalt Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
I. Theorie und Methode
1 Von armen Wohltätern und reichen Verbrechern. Die Ungerechtigkeit des Reichtums – Eine Einleitung Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 Komik in den Komödien des Aristophanes – Zum Forschungsstand Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
3 Formen des Reichtums. Die Monetarisierung Griechenlands und ihre ökonomischen und sozialen Folgen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4 Zum historischen Hintergrund: Athen nach dem Peloponnesischen Krieg (404–388 v. Chr.) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	126
II. Kontext
5 Exposition und Komik – Der Prolog (vv. 1–252) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
6 Die Komik der Makrostruktur Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
7 Die Parodos (vv. 253 – 334) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
8 Blepsidemos (vv. 335 – 414) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	228
9 Der Agon (vv. 415 – 626) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	236
10 Der komische Botenbericht über die Heilung des Plutos (vv. 627 – 801) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	280
11 Die exemplifikatorischen Szenen (vv. 802– 1209) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	300
12 „We must never forget that comedy is meant to be funny.“ Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	377
Bibliographie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Indices Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	417

(Deutsch)

Language: German
Publisher: De Gruyter
Audience: Scholars in the fields of classical philology, literary studies, history
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 423
Keywords: Old Comedy; theory of comedy; laughter; cultural history of money

eBook

Published: August 6, 2024
ISBN: 9783111391809

Hardcover

Published: August 6, 2024
ISBN: 9783111390680