Lenocinium, Avaritaia, Hiems – an old woman in the allegorical images in Franz Lang’s De actione scenica
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Lenocinium, Avaritia, Hiems – stara kobieta w wizerunkach postaci symbolicznych w „De actione scenica” Franza Langa w świetle tradycji literackiej i artystycznej
Lenocinium, Avaritaia, Hiems – an old woman in the allegorical images in Franz Lang’s De actione scenica in the light of the literary and artistic tradition

Author(s): Justyna Zaborowska-Musiał
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: Franz Lang; De actione scenica; old woman; allegorical images; procuring; procuress; greed; winter.

Summary/Abstract: The article focuses on the analysis of the role and importance of the theme of old woman in several allegoricalimages proposed by the Jesuit lecturer, playwright, and author of theatrical performances and drama theatretheorist, Franz Lang in his very important (it marked an high point of his dramatic output) handbook of actingDe actione scenica published in Munich in 1727.

  • Issue Year: XXVIII/2018
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 151-173
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Polish