Gorge

The gorge ( ndl. Klucht " Posse , Schwank , Farce ", also Cluyte or Clute ) is a form of antics that originated in the Dutch late Middle Ages at the turn of the modern age . It is a short, content and form undemanding piece that is close to the medieval Schwank and Carnival games . The plot revolves around tales of crafty women, husbands betrayed, dumb farmers and the like a. Motifs of the popular theater.

Gorges were performed as a comical sequel to the Abelespelen . They found spread u. a. as sotternie in the 14th, as esbatement (from French ébattre "to amuse oneself") of the Rederijkers in the 15th and 16th centuries. The best-known authors are Gerbrand Bredero , Anthonis de Roovere , Jakob van Ryndorp , Cornelis Everaert and Matthijs de Castelein . Everaert left eleven, Castelein 36 gorges, mostly pickled herring games . In later times, comedies such as B. Molières The doctor unwillingly arranged as Klucht. They took on the character of a social satire .

literature

• Johannes van Ham: Klucht en esbatement . van Dishoeck, Bussum 1938.
• René van Stipriaan: Denial en vermaak. Boccaccio's novellas in de kluchtcultuur van de Nederlandse renaissance . Amsterdam 1996. ISBN 90-5356-201-X