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Procurando explorar a recepção da comédia teatral nas declamações de Libânio e Corício, esta dissertação está dividida em três partes, culminando na exposição de tópicos e temáticas cómicas presentes numa selecta de oito declamações traduzidas em anexo (seis de Libânio, Decl. 12, 26, 27, 28, 32 e 33 e duas de Corício, Decl. 5 e 6). Enquadrando de modo geral em que ambiente Libânio (Antioquia, séc. IV) e Corício (Gaza, séc. VI) foram educados, o primeiro capítulo foca-se numa breve exposição das vivências dos autores e da realidade cultural, social, religiosa e económica das suas cidades. O segundo capítulo, por sua vez, admite a profissão de Libânio e Corício – dotados professores de retórica – e foca-se numa exposição acerca da paideia e do estado da educação clássica, que perduraram na Antiguidade Tardia como uma referência identitária de grande estima. Indaga-se também acerca da natureza e do ambiente nas escolas de retórica de Antioquia e de Gaza e introduz-se uma elucidação acerca da declamação e das suas semelhanças com os géneros representativos, articulando uma identidade biface como exercício escolar e fonte lúdica de entretenimento. Por fim, o terceiro capítulo, explora de que modo o teatro cómico grego – e os géneros que directamente colhem da sua existência – influenciaram as declamações de Libânio e Corício. Expondo brevemente as naturezas plurais e variadas inerentes à evolução da Comédia Grega e o seu papel no ensino retórico, analisam-se de modo pertinente as declamações da selecta e explora-se o tratamento das personagens e das suas relações com os mundos que as rodeiam, a partir de um foco relativo à hereditariedade cómica que as sustenta e inspira. Exploram-se ademais alguns aspectos metaliterários, aludindo também a uma visão que defende o uso do entretenimento cómico como uma ferramenta pedagógica.
Seeking to explore the reception of the dramatic genre of comedy in the declamations by Libanius and Choricius, this dissertation falls into three parts which culminate in the discussion of the comic themes and motifs present in a selection of eight declamations that have been translated in the appendix (six of which belonging to Libanius, Decl. 12, 26, 27, 28, 32 and 33, and two to Choricius, Decl. 5 and 6). Serving as a general outline of the environment in which Libanius and Choricius were brought up, the first chapter provides a brief exposition of the authors' lifetime and of the cultural, religious, social, and economic realities of their cities. The second chapter considers instead Libanius and Choricius' occupations - both being gifted professors of rhetoric - and expounds upon the concept of paideia and the state of classical education, which persisted into Late Antiquity as a highly distinguished affirmation of the self. It further probes into the nature and milieu of the Antioch and Gaza schools of rhetoric and expounds on the nature of the declamatory genre, articulating its dual character as an academic exercise and as an educational source of entertainment. Lastly, the third chapter explores the ways in which Ancient Greek comedy - and the genres which were influenced by it – informed the declamation by Libanius and Choricius. Leading with a brief exposition of the multiple and varied receptions of Greek Comedy and its role in the teachings of rhetoric, the selected declamations’ personae as well as their relation to the worlds that surround them are then explored from the perspective of the comedic heritage which sustains and inspires these works. A few metaliterary aspects are explored, ending with a contemplation on how the role of comedic entertainment was used as a pedagogic tool.
Seeking to explore the reception of the dramatic genre of comedy in the declamations by Libanius and Choricius, this dissertation falls into three parts which culminate in the discussion of the comic themes and motifs present in a selection of eight declamations that have been translated in the appendix (six of which belonging to Libanius, Decl. 12, 26, 27, 28, 32 and 33, and two to Choricius, Decl. 5 and 6). Serving as a general outline of the environment in which Libanius and Choricius were brought up, the first chapter provides a brief exposition of the authors' lifetime and of the cultural, religious, social, and economic realities of their cities. The second chapter considers instead Libanius and Choricius' occupations - both being gifted professors of rhetoric - and expounds upon the concept of paideia and the state of classical education, which persisted into Late Antiquity as a highly distinguished affirmation of the self. It further probes into the nature and milieu of the Antioch and Gaza schools of rhetoric and expounds on the nature of the declamatory genre, articulating its dual character as an academic exercise and as an educational source of entertainment. Lastly, the third chapter explores the ways in which Ancient Greek comedy - and the genres which were influenced by it – informed the declamation by Libanius and Choricius. Leading with a brief exposition of the multiple and varied receptions of Greek Comedy and its role in the teachings of rhetoric, the selected declamations’ personae as well as their relation to the worlds that surround them are then explored from the perspective of the comedic heritage which sustains and inspires these works. A few metaliterary aspects are explored, ending with a contemplation on how the role of comedic entertainment was used as a pedagogic tool.