Theatrical Manners - Engekisahou

Japanese: 《演劇作法》 - えんげきさほう
Theatrical Manners - Engekisahou

...The Fronde, the biggest challenge to the establishment of absolute monarchy, saw the introduction of Italian opera by Cardinal J. Mazarin, the Italian chancellor who succeeded Richelieu, and the rise of the Baroque. François Hédelin, Abbé d'Aubignac (1604-76) published Pratique du théâtre in 1657, which became a standard document for classicism, but Corneille wrote three treatises (On Dramatic Poetry, On Tragedy, and On the Three Unitaries) in response to it, trying to make use of the discussion of rules from the standpoint of a performer. Comedy was freer than tragedy, partly because it was missing from Aristotle's Poetics, but as the discussion of rules rapidly improved the quality of dramatic literature, it became a superior literary genre that could rival tragedy, especially through Molière.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Theatrical Etiquette" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…もっとも絶対王政成立にとって最も大きな試練であったフロンドの乱の前後には,リシュリューの後を継いだイタリア人の宰相・枢機卿J.マザランによるイタリア・オペラの導入をはじめ,バロック的なものが隆盛を誇る。1657年刊のドービニャック師François Hédelin,Abbé d’Aubignac(1604‐76)の《演劇作法Pratique du théâtre》は古典主義の規範文書となるが,それに対する反論としてコルネイユは3編の論考を書き(《劇詩論》《悲劇論》《三統一論》),実作者の立場から規則議論を活かそうとした。喜劇はアリストテレスの《詩学》に欠損していることもあって,悲劇よりは自由であったが,規則議論が劇文学の質を急激に高めていく動きの中で,とくにモリエールによって悲劇に拮抗し得る優れた文学ジャンルとなる。…

※「《演劇作法》」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。

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