Gregory W Dobrov
Biographic Data
| ID | 1046546 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gregory W Dobrov |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gregory W |
| FAMILY NAME | Dobrov |
| SIGNATURE | DOBROV G W |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Preliminary material
Comedy and Her Critics
Comedy endures as the most robust and adaptable genre to emerge from classical Athens. From its inception through Roman adaptations and modern sitcoms, this Greek invention has enjoyed a vigorous reception down to the present day. In the landscape of modern scholarship, however, Greek appears to be a late bloomer. Criticism implies an act of separation in which a hierarchy of worth comes into play. Philebus is unique in the Platonic corpus for it…
Ritual and Performativity
Reviewed by: Ritual and Performativity: The Chorus of Old Comedy Gregory W. Dobrov Anton Bierl. Ritual and Performativity: The Chorus of Old Comedy. Hellenic Studies 20. Cambridge: Harvard University Press and the Center for Hellenic Studies, 2009. Pp. xviii, 400. $37.95 (pb.). ISBN 978-0-674-02373-4. With this book (originally published as Der Chor in der Alten Komödie [Munich 2001]), Anton Bierl makes a contribution at the intersection of drama…
Brill's Companion to the Study of Greek Comedy
The present volume sets forth the main resources for the advancing student of Ancient Greek Comedy. An international roster of specialists contributes chapters organized into three sections: "Contexts": the intellectual, physical and socio-historical setting of Athenian Comedy; "History": the literary history of the Old, Middle and New periods; and "Elements": the text, language and formal components of the genre (including a comprehensive biblio…
Comedy and the Satyr-Chorus
Despite a superficial kinship, Old Comedy and satyr-play avoid each other. Tragedy has extensive ties with both. Comedy engages tragedy but systematically ignores satyr-play. This "firewall" is documented across the entire comic corpus (e.g., Cratinus' Dionysalexandros). The "hauling scene" in Aristophanes' Peace emerges as the unique exception. Here comedy reproduces a visual from Sophocles' satyr-play Pandora (Sphyrokopoi). Comedy needs to invo…
Μάγειρος ποιητής
This chapter examines the riddling and dithyrambic language of the cook in Middle Comedy. It shows that Aristophanic paratragedy is not simply turned into paradithyramb. As a genre, dithyramb has no importance for comedy, so that it becomes difficult to speak of parody or even intertextuality. It is only the verbal art of dithyramb which is transferred into comedy and becomes a new ‘special effect’. Whereas in Old Comedy virtually every character…
Figures of Play
Figures of Play explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. Fifth century tragedy and comedy sublimated the agonistic basis of Greek civilization in a way that invited the community of the polis to confront itself. In the theatre, as in the courts and assemblies, a significant subset of the Athenian public was spectator and judge of contests where important social and ideological issues were played to it by its own…
The City as Comedy
These thirteen essays combine classical scholars' interest in theatrical production with a growing interdisciplinary inquiry into the urban contexts of literary production. Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian dramatic festivals, the contributors examine how the polis--as a place, a political entity, a specific social organization, and a set of ideological representations--was enacted on stage from the mid…
Beyond Aristophanes
This collection of essays is devoted to the most important changes - in theme, language, structure, style, and production - that characterize the transformation of Athenian Comedy from the mid-fifth through the fourth century
Brill's Companion to the Study of Greek Comedy
The present volume sets forth the main resources for the advancing student of Ancient Greek Comedy. An international roster of specialists contributes chapters organized into three sections: "Contexts": the intellectual, physical and socio-historical setting of Athenian Comedy; "History": the literary history of the Old, Middle and New periods; and "Elements": the text, language and formal components of the genre (including a comprehensive biblio…
Figures of Play
Figures of Play explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. Fifth century tragedy and comedy sublimated the agonistic basis of Greek civilization in a way that invited the community of the polis to confront itself. In the theatre, as in the courts and assemblies, a significant subset of the Athenian public was spectator and judge of contests where important social and ideological issues were played to it by its own…
The City as Comedy
These thirteen essays combine classical scholars' interest in theatrical production with a growing interdisciplinary inquiry into the urban contexts of literary production. Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian dramatic festivals, the contributors examine how the polis--as a place, a political entity, a specific social organization, and a set of ideological representations--was enacted on stage from the mid…
Comedy and the Satyr-Chorus
Despite a superficial kinship, Old Comedy and satyr-play avoid each other. Tragedy has extensive ties with both. Comedy engages tragedy but systematically ignores satyr-play. This "firewall" is documented across the entire comic corpus (e.g., Cratinus' Dionysalexandros). The "hauling scene" in Aristophanes' Peace emerges as the unique exception. Here comedy reproduces a visual from Sophocles' satyr-play Pandora (Sphyrokopoi). Comedy needs to invo…
Beyond Aristophanes
This collection of essays is devoted to the most important changes - in theme, language, structure, style, and production - that characterize the transformation of Athenian Comedy from the mid-fifth through the fourth century
The City as Comedy
These thirteen essays combine classical scholars' interest in theatrical production with a growing interdisciplinary inquiry into the urban contexts of literary production. Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian dramatic festivals, the contributors examine how the polis--as a place, a political entity, a specific social organization, and a set of ideological representations--was enacted on stage from the mid…
Figures of Play
Figures of Play explores the reflexive aspects of ancient theatrical culture across genres. Fifth century tragedy and comedy sublimated the agonistic basis of Greek civilization in a way that invited the community of the polis to confront itself. In the theatre, as in the courts and assemblies, a significant subset of the Athenian public was spectator and judge of contests where important social and ideological issues were played to it by its own…
Μάγειρος ποιητής
This chapter examines the riddling and dithyrambic language of the cook in Middle Comedy. It shows that Aristophanic paratragedy is not simply turned into paradithyramb. As a genre, dithyramb has no importance for comedy, so that it becomes difficult to speak of parody or even intertextuality. It is only the verbal art of dithyramb which is transferred into comedy and becomes a new ‘special effect’. Whereas in Old Comedy virtually every character…
Comedy and the Satyr-Chorus
Despite a superficial kinship, Old Comedy and satyr-play avoid each other. Tragedy has extensive ties with both. Comedy engages tragedy but systematically ignores satyr-play. This "firewall" is documented across the entire comic corpus (e.g., Cratinus' Dionysalexandros). The "hauling scene" in Aristophanes' Peace emerges as the unique exception. Here comedy reproduces a visual from Sophocles' satyr-play Pandora (Sphyrokopoi). Comedy needs to invo…
Preliminary material
Comedy and Her Critics
Comedy endures as the most robust and adaptable genre to emerge from classical Athens. From its inception through Roman adaptations and modern sitcoms, this Greek invention has enjoyed a vigorous reception down to the present day. In the landscape of modern scholarship, however, Greek appears to be a late bloomer. Criticism implies an act of separation in which a hierarchy of worth comes into play. Philebus is unique in the Platonic corpus for it…
Ritual and Performativity
Reviewed by: Ritual and Performativity: The Chorus of Old Comedy Gregory W. Dobrov Anton Bierl. Ritual and Performativity: The Chorus of Old Comedy. Hellenic Studies 20. Cambridge: Harvard University Press and the Center for Hellenic Studies, 2009. Pp. xviii, 400. $37.95 (pb.). ISBN 978-0-674-02373-4. With this book (originally published as Der Chor in der Alten Komödie [Munich 2001]), Anton Bierl makes a contribution at the intersection of drama…
Brill's Companion to the Study of Greek Comedy
The present volume sets forth the main resources for the advancing student of Ancient Greek Comedy. An international roster of specialists contributes chapters organized into three sections: "Contexts": the intellectual, physical and socio-historical setting of Athenian Comedy; "History": the literary history of the Old, Middle and New periods; and "Elements": the text, language and formal components of the genre (including a comprehensive biblio…
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