...The language of tragedy is verse, and most of it is in 12-syllable stanzas called alexandrins (originally used in the 12th-century epic poem The Story of Alexander the Great). Various rules are set for this stanza in the name of linguistic clarity and refinement (for example, the principle of hemistic stanzas, which divide 12 syllables into 6 stanzas, the prohibition on entanglement, the conventions of rhyme, etc.). In terms of dramaturgy, the 1,700 lines of verse are distributed evenly across the five acts, and the rule of three unities is paramount. *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Emistish" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…崇高な思考と感情を表現するのは洗練された分節言語であり,殴打,殺傷をはじめとする生々しい身体行動の介入を避ける。悲劇の言葉は韻文であり,その大部分は〈アレクサンドランalexandrin詩句〉(もともと12世紀の武勲詩《アレクサンドル大王物語》に使われたもの)と呼ばれる12音節定型詩句であるが,この詩型についても作詩上のさまざまな規則が言語的明解と洗練の名において立てられる(たとえば12音節を6音節目で区切る〈半行詩(エミスティッシュ)〉の原則や〈詩句の跨り(アンジャンブマン)〉についての禁止事項,脚韻の約束等々)。劇作術の上では,約1700行の韻文を全5幕に過不足なく配分するのだが,その際〈三統一の規則〉が至上権をふるう。… ※「エミスティッシュ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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