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Annotation: The article analyzes the features characteristic for the typification of the mask as an artistic device in the ancient comedy period. The relevance is determined by the increasing attention of the modern philology to the comedy genre, as a way to identify certain patterns of typification in the course of comedy development during the Attic period. The aim of the research is to consider the peculiarities of typifying the characters of the artistic space created within the dramaturgical works of Aristophanes and Menander. The choice of ancient authors is explained by insufficient study in the field of the mask use as not only a theatrical decoration or a scenic symbol but also as metaphorical device created by the author. The following methods were used typological, historical-genetic and functional, which allow studying the function of a certain artistic means. The novelty of the study lies in the consideration of comedic types in the context of various categories masks use as a non-artistic and at the same time literary means of creating comedic images. In addition, the possibility of revealing the idea and understanding of the artistic reception of the mask is considered by transmitting through external means not only information on the example of the age and social status of the character, but also explaining the character insight through actions and behavior. The result showed that the development and transformation of the mask begins with understanding the significance of the mask for Antiquity culture in general and for the formation of the ancient theater in particular.
Keywords: comedy, artistic technique, mask, image typification, Menander, Aristophanes.
Authors:
Yekaterina A. Lomakina, Candidate of Philology, Associate Professor Foreign Languages for Engineering Chair, Institute of Humanities, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University (NMSTU), Magnitogorsk, Russia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Elena A. Pikalova, Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor Foreign Languages for Engineering Chair, Institute of Humanities, Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University (NMSTU), Magnitogorsk, Russia; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
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For citation
Lomakina Ye. A., Pikalova E. A. Mask Types in Attic Comediography: Aristophanes & Menander, Gumanitarno-pedagogicheskie issledovaniya [Humanitarian and pedagogical Research], 2021, vol. 5, no 2, pp. 50–55.