The failure of Clouds and poetic rivalry in greek old comedy

Author(s)

Felipe Campos de Azevedo

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD)
• Defense date: 2017-11-24

Examining board members

Adriane da Silva Duarte; Cristina de Souza Agostini; José Marcos Mariani de Macedo; Milton Luiz Torres

• Advisor: Adriane da Silva Duarte

Abstract

The present work aims at a study on the defeat in the first presentation of Aristophanes Clouds, in 423 a. C., and the relations of competition and rivalry between the comic poets inferred by the discourse on failure in the revision of the same play. I will pay special attention to the parabasis of Clouds, in conjunction with the parabasis of the previous plays, such as Acharnians (425 BC), Knights (424 BC), and later ones, like Wasps (422 BC) and Peace (421 BC). I understand that this research is significant for the understanding not only of aristophanic poetics, but also for the examination of the fragmentary work of other comic authors, such as Cratinus and Eupolis. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/13107-3 - Leptós logos: translation and study of Aristophanes' Clouds
• Grantee: Felipe Campos de Azevedo
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master