The gender relations according the analysis of comic representations in Aristophanes: a study of the feminine in Athenian society (V-IV b.C. century)

• Grant number: 15/08263-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: October 01, 2015
• End date: September 01, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History - Ancient and Medieval History
• Principal Investigator: Margarida Maria de Carvalho
• Grantee: Bárbara Alexandre Aniceto
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais (FCHS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Franca. Franca , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 16/21000-7 - Gender relations in Aristophanes: a study of the feminine in classical Athens, BE.EP.MS

Abstract

Many authors have defended that feminine presence in Aristophane's plots expressed only a tone of comicality of the works and reflected a concern of mocking the greek woman's image. The feminine acting in his comedies have been conceived as circumscribed to the private space, to the domestic functions and is presented by the historiography through the negative emblem of the feminine role in Antiquity. While we read the pieces Lysistrata (411 a.C.),Women at the Thesmophoria (411 a.C.) and Assemblywomen (392 a.C.), produced in the conjuncture of Peloponesian War and posterior defeat of Athens, we have the hypothesis that its possible to evidence the woman's inclusion in Athenian public spaces, once we can notice the emphasis in feminine's civic importance as a vehicle of criticism in Aristophane's pieces. Therefore, based on the analysis of textual source and in gender history, this project of mastership pursuits the understanding of woman's acting in the Athenian society of fifth century b.C. by the debate about the relation between the feminine and the masculine, emphasizing the possibility of an active feminine role.

Academic Publications

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ANICETO, Bárbara Alexandre. As relações de gênero em Aristófanes: um estudo das esposas legítimas na sociedade ateniense (Sécs. V-IV a.C.). 2017. Master's Dissertation - Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais. Franca Franca.