Mais do que pura poesia: uma visão política nos estudos dos gêneros dramáticos da antiguidade grega

Dolores Puga Alves de Sousa

doi:10.5433/1984-3356.2025v18n36p44-63

Authors

Dolores Puga Alves de Sousa Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4013-5375

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5433/1984-3356.2025v18n36p44-63

Keywords:

Greek antiquity, Dramatic genres, Poetic conventions, Political action, Choregia

Abstract

This article proposes a critical approach to the dramatic genres of ancient Greece, moving beyond the boundaries of an exclusively poetic interpretation. By questioning the consolidation of canonical conventions and classifications of ancient tragedy and comedy, the study highlights how these frameworks often obscure the sociopolitical disputes embedded in theatrical production. Special attention is given to the role of social agents such as the choregoi — the financiers and promoters of the plays— whose involvement reveals the political and competitive nature of dramatic festivals and the theater as a symbolic arena of power struggles. Through the analysis of authors such as Aristophanes, Euripides, and Antiphanes, in addition to rhetorical and material sources, the article argues that ancient greek theatricality transcends poetic literature, functioning as a strategic tool for political participation and negotiation in Athenian society.

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Author Biography

Dolores Puga Alves de Sousa, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul

PhD in Comparative History from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Associate Professor in the History Program and Permanent Faculty Member of the Graduate Program in Letters at the Federal University of Mato Grosso do Sul, Três Lagoas Campus (UFMS/CPTL).

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