The background of slapstick in Menander’s comedy: throwing objects, hitting, tripping, and comic falls
Greek literature has a background of slapstick resources (hits, falls, stumbling, throwing objects, and comic injuries) in various genres such as epic, iambic poetry, fable, and comedy. Menander’s comedy, in particular The Misanthrope, makes extensive use of this series of topics of physical humor t...
- Autores:
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Schere, Jimena
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- Fecha de publicación:
- 2021
- Institución:
- Universidad EAFIT
- Repositorio:
- Repositorio EAFIT
- Idioma:
- spa
- OAI Identifier:
- oai:repository.eafit.edu.co:10784/30987
- Acceso en línea:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10784/30987
- Palabra clave:
- Grumpy old man
Ancient Greek comedy
new comedy
punishment
slapstick
Anciano gruñón
comedia griega antigua
comedia nueva
punición
slapstick
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- Copyright © 2021 Jimena Schere
| Summary: | Greek literature has a background of slapstick resources (hits, falls, stumbling, throwing objects, and comic injuries) in various genres such as epic, iambic poetry, fable, and comedy. Menander’s comedy, in particular The Misanthrope, makes extensive use of this series of topics of physical humor to characterize the old man Knemon, his central character. In some of his works, slapstick is specifically associated with the -typical grumpy old man character. The Misanthrope clearly takes up the traditional punitive use of the resource, which is dominant in Aristophanes’ comedy, insofar as slapstick aims to punish and transform Knemon’s antisocial behavior. It is not a resource associated with mere entertainment, but it condemns either its victim through the derision of aggression and laughter or its victimizer, when he exerts decontextualized violence, as does the misanthrope. |
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