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Though much beloved and widely produced, Molière's satirical comedies pose a problem for those reading or staging his works today: how can a genre associated with biting caricature and castigation deliver engaging theater? Instead of simply dismissing social satire as a foundation for Molière's theater, as many have done, Larry F. Norman takes seriously Molière's claim that his satires are first and foremost effective theater.
Pairing close readings of Molière's comedies with insightful accounts of French social history and aesthetics, Norman shows how Molière conceived of satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Drawing on these tensions, Molière portrays characters satirizing one another on stage, with their reactions providing dramatic conflict and propelling comic dialogue. By laying bare his society's system of imagining itself, Molière's satires both enthralled and enraged his original audience and provide us with a crucial key to the classical culture of representation.
Pairing close readings of Molière's comedies with insightful accounts of French social history and aesthetics, Norman shows how Molière conceived of satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Drawing on these tensions, Molière portrays characters satirizing one another on stage, with their reactions providing dramatic conflict and propelling comic dialogue. By laying bare his society's system of imagining itself, Molière's satires both enthralled and enraged his original audience and provide us with a crucial key to the classical culture of representation.
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After arriving in Paris in 1658, Moliere quickly embarked on a controversial career as a theatrical satirist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
miroirs publics, nonprofessional public, verbal satire, comic mirror, social commerce, direct satire, public mirrors, petit marquis, comic depiction, current manners, les précieuses, second comedy, comic creation, comic portrait, amateur public, malicious wit, dramatic satire, comic representation, own satire, satiric portrait, théâtre dans, comic author, dramatic illusion, professional playwright, sur les affaires Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Donneau de Visé, Les Fâcheux, L'Impromptu de Versailles, Old Comedy, Les Caractères, Dom Juan, Les Amours de Calotin, Mme Pernelle, Monsieur de la Souche, Roger de Piles, Les Visionnaires, Saint Denis, Louis van Delft New!
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After arriving in Paris in 1658, Moliere quickly embarked on a controversial career as a theatrical satirist. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
miroirs publics, nonprofessional public, verbal satire, comic mirror, social commerce, direct satire, public mirrors, petit marquis, comic depiction, current manners, les précieuses, second comedy, comic creation, comic portrait, amateur public, malicious wit, dramatic satire, comic representation, own satire, satiric portrait, théâtre dans, comic author, dramatic illusion, professional playwright, sur les affaires Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Donneau de Visé, Les Fâcheux, L'Impromptu de Versailles, Old Comedy, Les Caractères, Dom Juan, Les Amours de Calotin, Mme Pernelle, Monsieur de la Souche, Roger de Piles, Les Visionnaires, Saint Denis, Louis van Delft New!
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- The Aristocrat as Art by Professor Domna C. Stanton on page 49, and Back Matter
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