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« Quelle ressource resterait-il contre les Cléon modernes ? » Athènes comme paradigme du rire conservateur sous le Directoire

Authors :
Ilaria Lepore
Source :
Revue Italienne d'Etudes Françaises, Vol 14 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
Seminario di filologia francese, 2024.

Abstract

In 1796, Cailhava de l’Estandoux published a comedy in three acts and prose entitled Athènes Pacifiée, imitated by Aristophanes, in which the author put forward the idea of a profound analogy between Athens and Paris. In this comedy, Cailhava sets out his position on Aristophanes, and in particular his rejection of “political comedy”. He uses a very subtle critical dismantling operation, proposing a parodic reading of the theatre-tribune in which we can also perceive an echo of the revolutionary tribune, and advocating, on the other hand, a return to order which implies the reconstitution of the model of comedy in the strict continuity of the so-called classical doctrine. In this kind of work of appropriation or adaptation of Antiquity, what place does reflection on the forms and functions of comic language occupy? In short, can we speak of a “neo-antique” comedy?

Details

Language :
French
ISSN :
22407456
Volume :
14
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Revue Italienne d'Etudes Françaises
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.4065a188a2b64bae9bc1d82ccbb248fe
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.4000/12oza