Exit Monologues in Roman Comedy
Exit Monologues in Roman Comedy
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罗马喜剧中的退出独白
DOI:
10.1086/362568
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发表时间:
1942
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1
通讯作者:
Henry W. Prescott
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作者:
Henry W. Prescott
JN A previous discussion of the content and function of link monologues' we found that they served primarily to promote continuous action. In itself the exit monologue usually provides a potential vacant stage before the beginning of the next chapter of action and an opportunity for the dramatist to interrupt the action with a substantial pause. To this extent link monologue and exit monologue are antithetical in function. But the potential vacant stage is not necessarily realized. The characters who appear in the next scene may emerge immediately, without any considerable pause. Since the texts of comedy transmitted to us contain no stage directions,2 modern editors are dependent upon the context in each case in order to determine whether a potential vacant stage is actual. The problem of vacant stages, substantial pauses, and consequent act divisions is a subject of controversy.3 In this connection it should be observed that,