Resumo: Ao examinar o tipo de heroísmo dos protagonistas da comédia de Aristófanes, Whitman (1964), enumera o que considera essencial. O primeiro ponto é que eles são bem-sucedidos em seus grandes planos, e tal sucesso é considerado algo bom, mas de que sentido e para quem, exceto para o próprio herói, é o que não está tão evidente. Tais triunfos são conseguidos através dos absurdos próprios do gênero cômico. A comédia de Aristófanes está representada na figura híbrida de Trigeu e o Escaravelho, na peça A Paz, e o herói cômico é esse ser grotesco, misto de homem e fera que se torna divino por sua luta pela cidade justa. Palavras-chave: Herói cômico, Aristófanes, Paz, Grotesco.
Abstract:In reviewing the kind of heroism of the protagonists of Aristophanes comedy, Whitman (1964), lists what he considers essential. The first point is that they are successful in their grand plans, and such success is considered a good thing, but in what sense and for whom, except for the hero himself, it is not so obvious. Such triumphs are achieved through the absurdities of the comic genre. The comedy of Aristophanes is represented in the hybrid figure of Trigeu and the Scarab, in the play The Peace, and the comic hero is this grotesque being, mixed of man and beast that becomes divine by its fight by the just city.
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