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Aristophanic comedy and the challenge of democratic citizenship /

1580464173 (hardcover : alk. paper)

9781580464178 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Aristophanic comedy and the challenge of democratic citizenship /

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John Zumbrunnen

Rochester, N.Y. :

University of Rochester Press,

c2012

165 p. ;

24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-161) and index

Introduction -- Peaceful voyages: peace and Lysistrata -- Ordinary citizens, high culture, and the salvation of the city: Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria, and Frogs -- The anger of the ordinary citizen: Wasps and Birds -- Elite domination and the clever citizen: Acharnians and Knights -- Fantasy, irony, and economic justice: Assemblywomen and Wealth -- Conclusion: democratic possibilities

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"Aristophanic Comedy and the Challenge of Democratic Citizenship finds in Aristophanes' comedies a complex comic disposition necessary for meeting the fundamental challenge of ordinary citizenship. That challenge, Zumbrunnen argues, emerges from the tension between two democratic impulses: a rebelliousness that resists all attempts to impose any form of institutionalized rule; and an inclination toward collective action taken through institutions of popular rule. Democracy demands that ordinary citizens negotiate the tension between these often conflicting impulses. Aristophanes' comedies rest upon and seek to instill in spectators a complex comic disposition that holds a simple celebration of rebellion in tension with an appreciation for the organized collective action necessary to bring about real change."--pub. desc

Aristophanes-- Criticism and interpretation

Citizenship

Citizenship in literature

Democracy

Democracy in literature

Zumbrunnen, John

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