Loquar libere? Comic freedom and authority on the Plautine stage

dc.contributor.advisor	Blankenborg, R.J.J.
dc.contributor.advisor	Breij, B.M.C.
dc.contributor.author	Lugt, J. van der
dc.date.issued	2020-05-18
dc.description.abstract	This thesis examines the ways in which the carnivalesque elements (grotesque imagery, dialogue-conflicts and inversions) in Roman comedy were presented to the audience and how the audience’s responses were prepared during the performances. Bakhtin’s theory of carnival has been influential in the carnivalesque mode, but we do not find any evidence for a liberating effect in Roman comedy as it occurred in Bakhtinian carnival. The ruling-class authority was frequently challenged during the theatrical event on their piety, intelligence, superiority over the enemy and sexual dominance. However, the counter-posing of different voices and morals did not necessarily lead to full inversions or subversions of this authority. Plautus moved up and down on a scale with the officially constituted reality on the one hand and an inverted world on the other.	en_US
dc.embargo.lift	10000-01-01
dc.embargo.type	Permanent embargo	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://theses.ubn.ru.nl/handle/123456789/9994
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.thesis.faculty	Faculteit der Letteren	en_US
dc.thesis.specialisation	Literary studies	en_US
dc.thesis.studyprogramme	Researchmasters	en_US
dc.thesis.type	Researchmaster	en_US
dc.title	Loquar libere? Comic freedom and authority on the Plautine stage	en_US

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