How Long to Read The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE

How Long Does it Take to Read The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE by Alexa Piqueux

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

Using both textual and iconographic sources, this richly illustrated book examines the representations of the body in Greek Old and Middle Comedy, how it was staged, perceived, and imagined, particularly in Athens, Magna Graecia, and Sicily. The study also aims to refine knowledge of the various connections between Attic comedy and comic vases from South Italy and Sicily (the so-called 'phlyax vases').0After introducing comic texts and comedy-related vase-paintings in the regional contexts, The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE considers the generic features of the comic body, characterized as it is by a specific ugliness and a constant motion. It also explores how costumes -masks, padding, phallus, clothing, accessories- and gestures contribute to the characters' visual identity in relation with speech : it analyzes the cultural, social, aesthetic, and theatrical conventions by which spectators decipher the body. This study thus leads to a re-examination of the modalities of comic mimesis, in particular when addressing sexual codes in cross-dressing scenes which reveal the artifice of the fictional body. It also sheds light on how comic poets make use of the scenic or imaginary representations of the bodies of those who are targets of political, social, or intellectual satire. There is a particular emphasis on body movements, where the book not only deals with body language and the dramatic function of comic gesture, but also with how words confer a kind of poetic and unreal motion to the body.

How long is The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE?

The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE by Alexa Piqueux is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE aloud.

What Reading Level is The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE?

The Comic Body in Ancient Greek Theatre and Art, 440-320 BCE is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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