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Comedy and Religion in Classical Athens
Francisco Barrenechea
其他書名
Narratives of Religious Experiences in Aristophanes' Wealth
出版
Cambridge University Press
, 2018-08-02
主題
Drama / Ancient & Classical
History / General
History / Ancient / General
Literary Criticism / General
Literary Criticism / Ancient & Classical
Literary Criticism / Drama
Literary Criticism / Subjects & Themes / Religion
Religion / General
Religion / Ancient
ISBN
1107191165
9781107191167
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ychhDwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
This book opens up a new perspective on Aristophanic drama and its relationship to Greek religion. It focuses on the comedy Wealth, whose fantasy of universal enrichment is structured upon a rich and largely unexplored framework of traditional stories of Greek religious experiences, such as oracles, miracle cures, and the introduction of new gods. The book examines the form and function of these stories, and explores how the playwright adapts them for his own comic purposes, grounding his comic fantasy on stories of philanthropic divinities who dependably respond to the needs of their worshippers. The collaboration of these deities, who act in tandem with their worshippers, achieves the comic fantasy. Francisco Barrenechea also addresses the larger question of how comedy participated in the religion of its time by imagining and dramatizing beliefs, and reveals the salutary bond that can exist between humor and religion in general.