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Ἀριστοφάνης
-Athenian playwright (431-404 a. C).
-Social conservative group:
-Democracy led by the elite
-Traditional religious and philosophical ideas
-Against the institutions
- Against society and the Athenian constitution
ARISTOPHANES “THE FROGS”
PLAUTO “HOST”
Roman playwright (254-184 a. C).
He wrote most of his works in the last twenty years.
He was inspired by the Greek New Comedy.
He wrote one hundred comedies.
Twenty complete comedies are preserved
Varrón( Fabulae Varronianae )
Historical context
Historical context
“The origin of the Milky Way” (1577-78). Tintoretto.
PLAUTUS “HOST”
PLOT
He narrates the confusions produced by
the love of Jupiter towards Alcmena.
Mercury changes his figure into that of the serf of Amphitryon,
Sosia, as well as that of Jupiter into Amphitryon.
Amphitryon and Sosia are cheated, until Jupiter
makes clear that everything has happened
for satisfying his passion.
Alcmena, gives birth two children: Heracles and
Ificles
LATIN EXTRACTLATIN EXTRACT ENGLISH EXTRACTENGLISH EXTRACT
Bono animo es, adsum auxilio, Amphitruo, tibi et tuis; nihil est quod timeas. Primum omnium Alcumenae usuram corporis
cepi, et concubitu gravidam feci filio.
Tu gravidam item fecisti, quom in exercitum profectus:
uno partu duos peperit simul.Eorum alter, nostro qui est
factis te inmortali adficiet gloria.
Relax, Host. I am here to help you and to yours. I raped
Alcmena.In a single labor she has
given birth to two children. One, which has been
generated by me, his deeds will give you an immortal glory. You, again as usual harmony with your wife Alcmena. He has done
nothing that you can accuse her. I retired to heaven.
Molière“HOST”
- Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French playwright (1622-1673)
-Considered the father of the Comédie Française.
- He founded L’Illustre Théâtre (1643-1645)
«Human weakness is to be curious about what we would not want to know»
HOST, J.B.M.
- The School for Wives (1662) was his first masterpiece, with which he would win the favor of Louis XIV.
- Works Tartuffe, Don Juan or The Feast of stone were forbidden after minimal presentations.
- In the last years of his life are some of his best works: The Misanthrope, The Miser and The Imaginary Invalid.
Molière“HOST”
COMPARISONS BETWEEN BOTH WORKS
“HOST” Plautus.
Low social status of the Roman public.
The book is divided intoa prologue and three acts.
Alcmena gives birth to two sons:
Iphicles and Heracles.
“HOST” Molière.
Public cultured
The book is divided intoa prologue and five acts.
Alcmena gives birth only to Heracles
BIBLIOGRAFÍAOnlinewww.tendencias21.net
http://www.monografias.com
EspecializadaEspecializada
Obra “El Anfitrión“ autor Plauto, traducción Mercedes González-Haba, editorial Gredos (1992), fecha de la presente edición, Editorial Planeta-DeAgostini, 1995.
Obra “Las Ranas” autor Aristófanes, traducción Luis M. Macía Aparicio, editorial Ediciones Clásicas Madrid, fecha de edición 1993.
“Historia básica del arte escénico”. Autores César Oliva y Francisco Torres Monreal, Madrid, Edición 1990, editorial Cátedra.
“Breve historia de la literatura francesa”. Autor Henri Clouard. Editorial Guadarrama, edición 1965.