Nuria Madrid Solano. Segundo Investigación, I.E.S Ruiz de Alda

Ἀριστοφάνης

-Athenian playwright (431-404 a. C).

-Social conservative group:

 -Democracy led by the elite

 -Traditional religious and philosophical ideas

-Against the institutions

- Against society and the Athenian constitution

ARISTOPHANES “THE FROGS”

PLAUTO “HOST”

Roman playwright (254-184 a. C).

He wrote most of his works in the last twenty years.

He was inspired by the Greek New Comedy.

  He wrote one hundred comedies.

  Twenty complete comedies are preserved

Varrón( Fabulae Varronianae )

Historical context

Historical context

“The origin of the Milky Way” (1577-78). Tintoretto.

PLAUTUS “HOST”

PLOT

He narrates the confusions produced by

the love of Jupiter towards Alcmena.

Mercury changes his figure into that of the serf of Amphitryon,

Sosia, as well as that of Jupiter into Amphitryon.

Amphitryon and Sosia are cheated, until Jupiter

makes clear that everything has happened

for satisfying his passion.

Alcmena, gives birth two children: Heracles and

Ificles

LATIN EXTRACTLATIN EXTRACT ENGLISH EXTRACTENGLISH EXTRACT

Bono animo es, adsum auxilio, Amphitruo, tibi et tuis; nihil est quod timeas. Primum omnium Alcumenae usuram corporis

cepi, et concubitu gravidam feci filio.

Tu gravidam item fecisti, quom in exercitum profectus:

uno partu duos peperit simul.Eorum alter, nostro qui est

factis te inmortali adficiet gloria.

Relax, Host. I am here to help you and to yours. I raped

Alcmena.In a single labor she has

given birth to two children. One, which has been

generated by me, his deeds will give you an immortal glory. You, again as usual harmony with your wife Alcmena. He has done

nothing that you can accuse her. I retired to heaven.

Molière“HOST”

- Jean Baptiste Poquelin, French playwright       (1622-1673)

-Considered the father of the Comédie Française.

- He founded L’Illustre Théâtre (1643-1645)

«Human weakness is to be curious about what we would not want to know»

HOST, J.B.M.

- The School for Wives (1662) was his first masterpiece, with which he would win the favor of Louis XIV.

- Works Tartuffe, Don Juan or The Feast of stone were forbidden after minimal presentations.

- In the last years of his life are some of his best works: The Misanthrope, The Miser and The Imaginary Invalid.

Molière“HOST”

COMPARISONS BETWEEN BOTH WORKS

“HOST” Plautus.

Low social status of the Roman public.

The book is divided intoa prologue and three acts.

Alcmena gives birth to two sons:

Iphicles and Heracles.

“HOST” Molière.

Public cultured

The book is divided intoa prologue and five acts.

Alcmena gives birth only to Heracles

CLASSIC FRENCH THEATREMolière

CLASSIC FRENCH THEATREMolière

BIBLIOGRAFÍAOnlinewww.tendencias21.net

http://www.monografias.com

EspecializadaEspecializada

Obra “El Anfitrión“ autor Plauto, traducción Mercedes González-Haba, editorial Gredos (1992), fecha de la presente edición, Editorial Planeta-DeAgostini, 1995.

Obra “Las Ranas” autor Aristófanes, traducción Luis M. Macía Aparicio, editorial Ediciones Clásicas Madrid, fecha de edición 1993.

“Historia básica del arte escénico”. Autores César Oliva y Francisco Torres Monreal, Madrid, Edición 1990, editorial Cátedra.

“Breve historia de la literatura francesa”. Autor Henri Clouard. Editorial Guadarrama, edición 1965.