Andreas Friz's Letter on Tragedies (Ca. 1741-1744)

An Eighteenth-Century Jesuit Contribution to Theatre Poetics
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-90-04-28373-2
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Latin, Band 4, 298 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 599 g

Reihe: Drama and Theatre in Early Modern Europe

In Andreas Friz’s Letter on tragedies (ca. 1741-1744) Nienke Tjoelker offers insight into the Jesuit school theatre of the eighteenth century. Commonly ignored by scholars, who assume that by then Jesuit theatre was disappearing and of poor quality, it appears to be very much alive and interacting with contemporary vernacular theatre.
Tjoelker places Friz's poetics in its historical and literary context in an extensive introduction and presents an edition with translation. She investigates Friz's focus on the imitation of French classical writers, such as Jean Racine (1639-1699) and Pierre Corneille (1606-1684). Friz criticised his colleagues for their excessive use of multimedia ornaments, which hindered the correct application of the three classical unities and verisimilitude.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tjoelker, Nienke

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Christliche Orden und Vereinigungen, Ordensgeschichte, Mönchstum
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein Christliche Kunst und Kultur
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Theater- und Filmwissenschaft | Andere Darstellende Künste Theaterwissenschaft Theatertheorie, Ästhetik des Theaters, Theaterkritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of illustrations
Introduction: Jesuit Theatre, Poetics and Andreas Fritz
The History of Theatre in Jesuit Schools
The Relevance of Jesuit Theatre in the Eighteenth Century
Developments and Innovations in the Eighteenth Century
Andreas Friz: Life, Work and Historical Context
Structure and Content of MS 938 and the Epistola de Tragaediis
Friz’s Place in the Literary Tradition
Commonplace Conceptions in Jesuit Poetics
French and Italian Classicism in Jesuit Poetics
Eighteenth-Century Jesuit Poetics
Description of the Manuscript and Edition Principles
Description of the Manuscript
Edition Principles
Latin Text and Translation
Appendix: Analysis tragaediarum Racini
Introduction to Friz’s Analyses to Racine’s Plays
Edition Principles
Latin Text
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Nienke Tjoelker, Ph.D. (University College Cork, 2010) is Junior Researcher at the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Neo-Latin Studies in Innsbruck. She has published many articles on Neo-Latin literature.