What's in a Genre? The audience experience(s) of palliata comedy and Roman mime

Abstract: "What's in a Genre" reconstructs the experience of an audience attending a mime show. It supplements the limited evidence for early mime by comparing equivalent elements (e.g., masks, music, stage) in palliata comedy, and speculates on how loss or modification of the same would define the experience of mime, with the conclusion that comic digression largely defined early mime. Abstract: « What's in a Genre » reconstruit l'expérience d'un public assistant à un spectacle de mime. Il supplémente les témoignages limités concernant les premiers mimes en comparant certains éléments équivalents (e.g. masques, musique, scène) dans la comédie palliata et émet certaines hypothèses sur la manière dont la perte ou la modification de ceux-ci définirait l'expérience du mime. Il conclut que la digression comique était un marqueur important des premiers mimes.

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Phoenix
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2025-09-01
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https://doi.org/10.1353/phx.2025.a978863
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Classical Antiquity Studies
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What's in a Genre? The audience experience(s) of palliata comedy and Roman mime

Hans Dieter Bork
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Classical Antiquity Studies
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What's in a Genre? The audience experience(s) of palliata comedy and Roman mime

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Abstract: "What's in a Genre" reconstructs the experience of an audience attending a mime show. It supplements the limited evidence for early mime by comparing equivalent elements (e.g., masks, music, stage) in palliata comedy, and speculates on how loss or modification of the same would define the experience of mime, with the conclusion that comic digression largely defined early mime. Abstract: « What's in a Genre » reconstruit l'expérience d'un public assistant à un spectacle de mime. Il supplémente les témoignages limités concernant les premiers mimes en comparant certains éléments équivalents (e.g. masques, musique, scène) dans la comédie palliata et émet certaines hypothèses sur la manière dont la perte ou la modification de ceux-ci définirait l'expérience du mime. Il conclut que la digression comique était un marqueur important des premiers mimes.

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