The Public Mirror: Moliere and the Social Commerce of DepictionUniversity of Chicago Press, 2010 M08 15 - 226 páginas Though much beloved and widely produced, Molière's satirical comedies pose a problem for those reading or staging his works today: how can a genre associated with biting caricature and castigation deliver engaging theater? Instead of simply dismissing social satire as a foundation for Molière's theater, as many have done, Larry F. Norman takes seriously Molière's claim that his satires are first and foremost effective theater. Pairing close readings of Molière's comedies with insightful accounts of French social history and aesthetics, Norman shows how Molière conceived of satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Drawing on these tensions, Molière portrays characters satirizing one another on stage, with their reactions providing dramatic conflict and propelling comic dialogue. By laying bare his society's system of imagining itself, Molière's satires both enthralled and enraged his original audience and provide us with a crucial key to the classical culture of representation. |
Contenido
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Part One CREATION | 11 |
Part Two RECOGNITION | 83 |
Part Three DRAMATURGY | 145 |
Conclusion | 207 |
Selected Bibliography | 211 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Public Mirror: Moliere and the Social Commerce of Depiction Larry F. Norman Vista previa limitada - 2010 |
The Public Mirror: Moliere and the Social Commerce of Depiction Larry F. Norman Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
The Public Mirror: Moliere and the Social Commerce of Depiction Larry F. Norman Sin vista previa disponible - 1999 |
Términos y frases comunes
action actors aesthetic Alceste Alceste's Argimont Arnolphe Arsinoé Arsinoe's audience members audience's Aurélie Aurélie's bien Bruyère c'est caractère Célimène Célimène's century characters classique comedy of manners comique contemporary conversation Corneille Critique d'Aubignac d'une Dandrey depiction Donneau de Visé Dorante dramatic dramaturgy Elise exchange Fâcheux fait farce faults faut FLÈCHE genre gens GÉRONTE HARPAGON Horace imitation irony L'Ecole des femmes L'Impromptu l'on La Bruyère LA FLÈCHE La Grange Le Misanthrope Les Fâcheux Les Précieuses ridicules literary Madame marquis Mascarille médisante mémoires Misanthrope mocked moeurs Molière Molière's comedy Molière's satire Molière's theater monde moral nature observation Oronte painting Paris parterre peers peinture pièce play playwright poet polemical portrait portraitist portrayal Précieuses provoke qu'il qu'on recognition representation ridiculous role salon satirist scene self-recognition seventeenth-century simply social commerce spectacle spectators stage Tartuffe théâtre theatrical tion tout Uranie Uranie's verbal satire Visé's voir XVIIe siècle Zélinde ZERBINETTE
Pasajes populares
Página 4 - Les plus beaux traits d'une sérieuse morale sont moins puissants le plus souvent que ceux de la satire; et rien ne reprend mieux la plupart des hommes que la peinture de leurs défauts.
Referencias a este libro
Moliere:Reasoning With Fools: Reasoning With Fools Michael Hawcroft Sin vista previa disponible - 2007 |
Sunspots and the Sun King: Sovereignty and Mediation in Seventeenth-century ... Ellen M. McClure Vista previa limitada - 2006 |