Drama Education And Its Mission

In comedy The Frogs, the comic poet Aristophanes fabricated a poetry contestbetween Aeschylus and Euripides, but it is much more than a literary contest. Thisplay not only raised the standards of good poets, which brought out the civilizationalsignificance of the drama. Thus the questing for the drama’s civilization function ofThe Frogs is not just a problem of literary theory, but also problems of the city-stategovernance and moral cultivation. So the performance object, rhetorical expression,moral scale and philosophy thought discussed in The Frogs are not only to reveal thewriting’s true meaning of the excellent poet, but to civilize ethical standards andphilosophy to the audiences. Thus the ultimate goal of this play is not to cultivate agood poet, but good citizens. Can say, The Frogs is more than just a work of literatureor literary criticism work, it is an author intended to save the city-state educationprograms.According to close reading The Frogs which reflects advocating on civilization ofdrama, we can also have a comprehensive study on ancient Greek drams which reflectcivilization function, thus to have a more holistic understanding of drama’scivilization function. Through combing the after-affects of Arisrophanes’ ideas oncivilization of drama, we are able to stand on a higher point to think.