Despite my enduring interest in ancient comedy, I’ve never been particularly interested in the body, though before this class the context of my disinterest was predominantly in the realm of political philosophy, where the body and embodiment are also contentious […]
Might finick with this later, but for now it’s done! Any analysis of Aristophanic comedy needs to grapple with the precarious position of authorial authority and seriousness: does Aristophanes truly aim to teach the audience lessons (as he claims he […]
I’m mostly satisfied with how my presentation went, but I definitely think I didn’t anticipate how much background/information would have been helpful for discussion. I’ve read the Poetics a couple of times, so I think I didn’t remember what I […]
My idea for my appetizer presentation is to focus on how people in ancient Athens were thinking critically about Old Comedy. I intend to focus on some excerpts from Aristotle’s Poetics and what little he says about comedy and its […]
