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Aristophanes' Komödien als Lesetexte

Zogg, Fabian

In: Philologus, 2017, vol. 161, no. 1, p. 1-18

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    Title
    • Aristophanes' Komödien als Lesetexte
    Author
    • Zogg, Fabian. Seminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie, Rämistraße 68, 8001 Zürich, SchweizSeminar für Griechische und Lateinische Philologie8001 ZürichSwitzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • Multiple languages
    Published in
    • Philologus, 2017, vol. 161, no. 1, p. 1-18. De Gruyter Akademie Forschung
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    • oai:doc.rero.ch:332864
    Summary
    In current research, strongly marked by ‘performance studies', it is often forgotten that there are at least two approaches in literary research that must concentrate on the reading of Aristophanes' comedies: As his plays were read for centuries and still are, it is legitimate to pose research questions on the aesthetics of reception and of influence which address the reading of his text. The present paper will argue, further, that Aristophanes' comedies were conceived right from the start as reading texts. Investigations of their reading are therefore all the more desirable as a complement to ‘performance studies'. In the argument presented here, first the conditions of reading in Aristophanes' time are sketched out (1). Then it is shown how the poet of comedy was himself a reader, who may have expected a read reception of his own poetic compositions (2). The final part of the paper describes Aristophanes' environment and asks who may have been among his readership.