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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">steps</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Шаги/Steps</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Shagi / Steps</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2412-9410</issn><issn pub-type="epub">2782-1765</issn><publisher><publisher-name>The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22394/2412-9410-2024-10-2-109-117</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">steps-153</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>АНТИЧНЫЙ МИР</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>WORLD OF CLASSICAL ANTIQUITY</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Prologue as a structural element in the comedies of Aristophanes</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Prologue as a structural element in the comedies of Aristophanes</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0818-5375</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бузурнюк</surname><given-names>Е. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Buzurnyuk</surname><given-names>E. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Екатерина Николаевна Бузурнюк, кандидат филологических наук, младший научный сотрудник, преподаватель</p><p>Институт общественных наук; историко-филологический факультет</p><p>121069; ул. Поварская, д. 25а; 119571; пр-т Вернадского, д. 82; Москва</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Ekaterina N. Buzurnyuk, Cand. Sci. (Philology), Researcher, Lecturer</p><p>Institute for Social Sciences; Faculty of History and Philology</p><p>121069; Povarskaya Str., 25а; 119571; Prospekt Vernadskogo, 82; Moscow</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">katerinabuz@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru">Институт мировой литературы им. А. М. Горького РАН; Российская академия народного хозяйства и государственной службы при Президенте РФ<country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en">А. M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences; The Russian Presidential Academy&#13;
of National Economy and Public Administration<country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2024</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>01</day><month>02</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>10</volume><issue>2</issue><fpage>109</fpage><lpage>117</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Бузурнюк Е.Н., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Бузурнюк Е.Н.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Buzurnyuk E.N.</copyright-holder><license license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://steps.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/153">https://steps.ranepa.ru/jour/article/view/153</self-uri><abstract><p>   В статье предпринимается попытка дать определение пролога в древнеаттической комедии, основанное на его функции в структуре комедии в целом. Понимание функции пролога возможно через разложение его на структурные элементы и анализ каждого из них. Предлагается обзор работ Поля Мазона и Октава Наварра, которые предложили варианты деления комического пролога на части. Мазон выделяет три части пролога: шествие или «открывающая сцена»; обращение к зрителю или изложение; развитие комической темы в драматическом действии. Наварр полагает, что комический пролог включает в себя два элемента трагической структуры: трагический пролог и первый эпизод, что обуславливает большую продолжительность пролога в комедии по сравнению с трагедией. В завершении статьи дается определение пролога через его функциональную роль в структуре и композиции комедии. Пролог — это целая часть комедии, которая содержит экспозицию и завязку сюжета пьесы. Функция пролога двоякая: с одной стороны, пролог призван заинтересовать зрителя (это достигается с помощью шуток и сатиры), с другой — изложить всю необходимую информацию о герое, препятствии или проблеме, с которой он сталкивается, и о способе решения этой проблемы, который унего появляется.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>   The article explores the concept of comic prologue in Ancient Greek comedy, examining its function and significance within the structure of the comedy as a whole. The function of the prologue can be understood by breaking it down into structural elements and analyzing each of them. The article examines the works of scholars Paul Mazon and Octave Navarre who have put forward different perspectives on segmenting the comic prologue. Mazon suggests that the comic prologue can be divided into three parts: a procession or playful “opening scene”, an address to the viewer or recitation, and development of the comic theme in a scene of dramatic action. Navarre focuses on the origin of the comic prologue, its connection with the structure of tragedy, and the comparison of the prologue’s greater length in comedy than in tragedy. The article concludes with a definition of the comic prologue as the first part of a play that contains an exposition, including the representation of main character(s), the problem to be solved, the plan to overcome it, and the first stage of implementation of this plan before the chorus joins in. The function of the prologue is twofold: to engage the audience through jokes and satire, and to provide all necessary information for plot development.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Аристофан</kwd><kwd>античная комедия</kwd><kwd>структура комедии</kwd><kwd>пролог</kwd><kwd>Поль Мазон</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Aristophanes</kwd><kwd>ancient comedy</kwd><kwd>structure of comedy</kwd><kwd>prologue</kwd><kwd>Paul Mazon</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group xml:lang="ru"><funding-statement>Статья выполнена по гранту Правительства Российской Федерации (соглашение № 075-15-2021-571 от 3 июня 2021 г., срок реализации 2021–2023 гг.) «Цифровые комментарии к античным текстам: древне-греческая комедия»</funding-statement></funding-group><funding-group xml:lang="en"><funding-statement>The work was supported by a grant from the Government of the Russian Federation (agreement no. 075-15-2021-571 from June 3, 2021, implementation period 2021–2023), “Digital Commentaries on Ancient Texts: Ancient Greek Comedy”</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Aristotle (1965). 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