A representação da mulher na comédia de Aristófanes

Abstract

The origins of Greek theater date back to around 550 BC. C in Athens, the then artistic manifestation was used in celebrations of the God of wine and theater, Dionysus, in the festivities that took place during the spring. The segment is divided into two categories, tragedy and comedy. Tragedy seeks to extol virtue and nobility of character, while comedy satirizes human excesses, perversity, meanness, gambling, and falsehood. Aristophanes was conceptualized as the most famous comediographer of antiquity, his works proposed a critique of political institutions, corruption and abuses of authority, elements that were very present in that period within Athenian society. Of the pieces preserved, two of them highlight the female figure (The sex strike or Lisístrata and the women's revolution or Eclesiazusas), with a focus more on the issue of women's participation in social decisions. The research sought to analyze the representation of women in the comic plays of Aristophanes, A Strike de Sex and The Revolution of Women, to observe how the author presents the feminine being and what is his performance within the Athenian scenario. The type of bibliographical research was adopted and the qualitative descriptive statistics analysis method was used. Female characteristics and actions were grouped into 4 categories: Sentimental, Sexual, Misogyny and Empowerment. These categories describe an interpretation of power and the search for equality between the sexes which were experienced at the time.