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Lorsque l’on qualifie l’œuvre de Ménandre, auteur comique grec de la fin du IVe siècle av. J.-C., de « comédie tragique », il ne s’agit nullement d’une catégorie littéraire inventée par la Comédie Nouvelle, mais plutôt d’une impression de lecture, d’un mode de réception d’une œuvre qui s’inscrit dans une tradition intertextuelle. La présente étude s’attache en effet à montrer comment, à la suite des évolutions progressives de la Comédie Ancienne depuis l’époque d’Aristophane, et dans une ère nouvelle inaugurée en quelque sorte par la Poétique d’Aristote, Ménandre compose un discours comique à partir des cadres de la tragédie désormais « classique » – celle d’Euripide surtout. Il ne s’agit plus pour lui de critiquer les ressorts tragiques sur le mode de la dérision paratragique comme chez Aristophane, mais de les intégrer à l’intrigue et au discours comique. Ce faisant, le dramaturge se livre plus ou moins indirectement à un examen de ses pratiques littéraires, bien propre à susciter l’intérêt de notre modernité.

Intertextuality --- Greek drama --- Comic, The, in literature --- Tragic, The, in literature --- Intertextualité --- Théâtre grec --- Comique dans la littérature --- Tragique dans la littérature --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Menander, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Greek drama (Comedy) --- Tragic, The, in literature. --- History and criticism. --- Intertextualité --- Théâtre grec --- Comique dans la littérature --- Tragique dans la littérature --- Menandros, --- Athens, Menander of --- Menandro, --- Ménandre, --- Menandorosu, --- מינאנדרוס --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Менандр, --- Greek drama (Comedy) - History and criticism --- comédie --- Antiquité --- théâtre grec --- théâtre antique --- théâtre --- Menander --- Menander Comicus --- Menandro --- Ménandre --- Menandros

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Richard Wagner's knowledge of and passion for Greek drama was so profound that for Friedrich Nietzsche, Wagner was Aeschylus come alive again. Surprisingly little has been written about the pervasive influence of classical Greece on the quintessentially German master. In this elegant and masterfully argued book, renowned opera critic Father Owen Lee describes for the contemporary reader what it might have been like to witness a dramatic performance of Aeschylus in the theatre of Dionysus in Athens in the fifth century B.C. - something that Wagner himself undertook to do on several occasions, imagining a performance of The Oresteia in his mind, reading it aloud to his friends, providing his own commentary, and relating the Greek classic drama to his own romantic view. Father Lee also uses Wagner's writings on Greece and entries from his wife's diaries to cast new light on Tristan und Isolde, Die Meistersinger, Parsifal, and especially the mighty Ring cycle, where Wagner made extensive use of Greek elements to give structural unity and dramatic credibility to his Nordic and Germanic myths. No opera fan, argues Father Lee, can really understand Wagner saving Brünhilde without knowing the Athena who, in Greek drama, first brought justice to Athens.Written with a clarity and depth of knowledge that have characterized all Father Lee's books on the classics of Greece and Rome and made his six other volumes of opera bestsellers, Athena Sings traces the profound influence - an influence few music lovers are aware of - that Greek theatre and culture had on the most German of composers and his revolutionary musical dramas.

MUSIC --- Genres & Styles / Opera --- Greek drama --- Opera --- Appreciation --- Greek influences --- Wagner, Richard, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Knowledge --- Greek drama. --- Wagner, Wilhelm Richard, --- Drach, Wilhelm, --- Fājner, Rītshārd, --- Vāgners, Richards, --- Vagner, Rikhard, --- Vagner, R. --- Wagner, R. --- Wagunā, R., --- Vagneri, Rihard, --- Wagner, Riccardo, --- ואגנר, ריכארד --- ואגנר, ריכרד, --- ואגנר, ריכארד, --- E-books --- Music --- Musique --- Critique et interprétation. --- Connaissance --- Drame grec. --- Drama --- Classical Greek literature --- Wagner, Richard --- Greek influences. --- Critique et interprétation. --- Et le théâtre grec.

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Questions of ethnic and cultural identities are central to the contemporary understanding of the Roman world. The expansion of Rome across Italy, the Mediterranean, and beyond entailed encounters with a wide range of peoples. Many of these had well-established pre-conquest ethnic identities which can be compared with Roman perceptions of them. In other cases, the ethnicity of peoples conquered by Rome has been perceived almost entirely through the lenses of Roman ethnographic writing and administrative structures. The formation of such identities, and the shaping of these identities by Rome, was a vital part of the process of Roman imperialism. Comparisons across the empire reveal some similarities in the processes of identity formation during and after the period of Roman conquest, but they also reveal a considerable degree of diversity and localisation in interactions between Romans and others. This volume explores how these practices of ethnic categorisation formed part of Roman strategies of control, and how people living in particular places internalised them and developed their own senses of belonging to an ethnic community. It includes both regional studies and thematic approaches by leading scholars in the field--Publisher website.

Greek drama --- Latin drama --- Reader-response criticism. --- Classical drama --- Théâtre grec --- Théâtre latin --- Esthétique de la réception --- Théâtre ancien --- History and criticism. --- Appreciation --- Histoire et critique --- Appréciation --- Reader-response criticism --- Classical literature --- History and criticism --- Théâtre grec --- Théâtre latin --- Esthétique de la réception --- Théâtre ancien --- Appréciation --- Greek drama - History and criticism --- Latin drama - History and criticism --- Classical literature - History and criticism --- Ethnicity. --- Rome --- History

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This volume explores the relationships between masterworks of Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes and critical events of Athenian history, by bringing together internationally distinguished scholars with expertise on different aspects of ancient theatre. These specialists study how tragic and comic plays composed in late fifth century BCE mirror the acute political and social crisis unfolding in Athens in the wake of the military catastrophe in 413 BCE and the oligarchic revolution in 411 BCE. With events of such magnitude the late fifth century held the potential for vast and fast cultural and intellectual change. In times of severe emergency humans gain a more conscious understanding of their historically shaped presence; this realization often has a welcome effect of offering new perspectives to tackle future challenges. Over twenty academic experts believe that the Attic theatre showed increased responsiveness to the pressing social and political issues of the day to the benefit of the polis. By regularly promoting examples of public-spirited and capable figures of authority, Greek drama provided the people of Athens with a civic understanding of their own good.

Greek drama --- Theater --- Literature and society --- History and criticism. --- History --- Greek drama (Comedy) --- Greek drama (Tragedy) --- Comédie grecque --- Tragédie grecque --- History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Athens (Greece) --- Athènes (Grèce) --- Politics and government --- Politique et gouvernement --- Literature --- Literature and sociology --- Society and literature --- Sociology and literature --- Sociolinguistics --- Social aspects --- Greek drama - History and criticism --- Greek drama -- History and criticism --- Literature and society - Greece - History - To 146 B.C --- Literature and society -- Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C --- Theater - Greece - Athens - History - To 500 --- Theater -- Greece -- Athens -- History -- To 500 --- Languages & Literatures --- Greek & Latin Languages & Literatures --- Dramatics --- Histrionics --- Professional theater --- Stage --- Theatre --- Performing arts --- Acting --- Actors --- Greek literature --- E-books --- Athens. --- Comedy. --- Crisis. --- Politics. --- Tragedy. --- Théâtre --- Théâtre grec --- Grèce --- Antiquité --- Théâtre --- Théâtre grec --- Grèce --- Antiquité