Research Article

THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY

Volume: 8 Number: 2 October 31, 2022
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THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY

Abstract

Comedy was a popular theatrical style in ancient Greek literature and was imitated and adapted by the Roman playwrights with small changes. In Ancient Greek, comedy as a literary genre is split into three categories based on the time periods in which it differs: Old Comedy, Middle Comedy and New Comedy. Old comedy (480-430 B.C.) is characterized with political freedom and intellectual vitality while middle comedy (405-336 B.C.) is characterized with a little politics or poetics as a result of Athens' financial ruin in 404 B.C. As for the new comedy, it is characterized with romantic love, marriage, stereotypes, and misunderstandings. Plautus’ The Meneachemus which is considered as a surviving manuscript of New Comedy provides data concerning the qualities of the genre. Therefore, this paper aims to study The Meneachemus in terms of reflecting the features of new comedy.

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Primary Language

English

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Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 31, 2022

Submission Date

February 21, 2022

Acceptance Date

May 9, 2022

Published in Issue

Year 2022 Volume: 8 Number: 2

APA
Işık, S. (2022). THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 8(2), 361-372. https://doi.org/10.31463/aicusbed.1076912
AMA
1.Işık S. THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2022;8(2):361-372. doi:10.31463/aicusbed.1076912
Chicago
Işık, Sevcan. 2022. “THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY”. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 8 (2): 361-72. https://doi.org/10.31463/aicusbed.1076912.
EndNote
Işık S (October 1, 2022) THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 8 2 361–372.
IEEE
[1]S. Işık, “THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY”, Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 361–372, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.31463/aicusbed.1076912.
ISNAD
Işık, Sevcan. “THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY”. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi 8/2 (October 1, 2022): 361-372. https://doi.org/10.31463/aicusbed.1076912.
JAMA
1.Işık S. THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2022;8:361–372.
MLA
Işık, Sevcan. “THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY”. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, vol. 8, no. 2, Oct. 2022, pp. 361-72, doi:10.31463/aicusbed.1076912.
Vancouver
1.Sevcan Işık. THE MENEACHMEUS AS A MIXTURE OF OLD AND NEW COMEDY. Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi. 2022 Oct. 1;8(2):361-72. doi:10.31463/aicusbed.1076912