Roman Comedy

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Inside the Ancient World General Editon Michael Gunningham
This popular new series presents selected aspects of the ancient world in such a way as to help students gain an under-standing of the attitudes of the Greeks and Romans, and to allow them to form their own judgement on the issues raised. Designed to meet the increasing demand for material suitable for Classical Studies/Classical Civilisation courses, it will be found particularly useful by candidates taking examinations in these subjects at sixteen plus (O Level and CSE). It is also intended as a helpful ancillary to the study of Greek and Latin in the sixth form and below. Much of the information is given by way of translated quotations from ancient authors. The books are illustrated throughout and diagrams and maps are linked closely to the text.
The greater part of Roman Comedy lis concerned with the plays of Plautus and Terence, which apart from being well worth reading in their own righi also tell us a great deal... Tovább

Fülszöveg

Inside the Ancient World General Editon Michael Gunningham
This popular new series presents selected aspects of the ancient world in such a way as to help students gain an under-standing of the attitudes of the Greeks and Romans, and to allow them to form their own judgement on the issues raised. Designed to meet the increasing demand for material suitable for Classical Studies/Classical Civilisation courses, it will be found particularly useful by candidates taking examinations in these subjects at sixteen plus (O Level and CSE). It is also intended as a helpful ancillary to the study of Greek and Latin in the sixth form and below. Much of the information is given by way of translated quotations from ancient authors. The books are illustrated throughout and diagrams and maps are linked closely to the text.
The greater part of Roman Comedy lis concerned with the plays of Plautus and Terence, which apart from being well worth reading in their own righi also tell us a great deal about daily life in Ancient Rome. There are chapters dealing with the two playwrights' sources in Greece and Italy, and also with the kind of production, theatre and actors they were writing for. The comedy routines of pantomime, Punch and Judy, music-hall, television and films can often be related to the works of Plautus and Terence, and as Mr McLeish shows, some of the greatest European writers (Shakespeare, Jonson and Moliere) studied the plays, and translated and adapted them for their own purpose.
Roman Comedy will have a wide appeal not only to those following Classical Civilisation courses in the middle forms of secondary schools but also to students reading Latin, or indeed other European literature, at a more advanced level. Vissza