Roman Comedy: translation, metatheater and reception

Nome oficial: SEMINÁRIOS AVANÇADOS EM ESTUDOS LITERÁRIOS IV

Subtítulo: Roman Comedy: translation, metatheater and reception 

Código: LETR-7054

Carga horária: 15 horas

Créditos: 1

Docentes: Ewa Skwara (Adam-Mickiewicz, Polônia) e Rodrigo Tadeu Gonçalves (UFPR)

Período: 15 a 17 de agosto de 2018, das 13 às 18h.

Sala: 1100 (Ed. D. Pedro I, Complexo da Reitoria UFPR)

PROGRAMA RESUMIDO / Abstract: 

This course will present some aspects of Roman Comedy regarding its secondary nature as the plays were translated and adapted from Greek sources. Throughout the course, we will discuss the ways Roman playwrights translated and adapted character names, titles of plays (especially in Plautus), as well as the ways metatheater appear in the remaining plays (especially in Terence) and we will devote some time to specific receptions of Roman Comedy, such as a Renaissance reception by Piccolomini. 

1. Translating titles and names

2. Metatheatre

3. Piccolomini and legacy of Roman Comedy.

4. Roman Comedy and Translation

5. Plautus and the Performative

6. Receptions of the Amphitruo 

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