CLASSICS 2E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Federico Fellini, Satyricon, Milesian Tale
21 Jul 2018
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Tactus annales 16. 18-19: critic in a matter of taste, chosen by nero. Petronious and latin literature: the satyrion is the first latain novel, "prosimetric" (written in both pros and verse, precedent: "milesian tales" (short stories, usually erotic, featuring comic adventures and misadventures of a roguish character we might say "picaresque") The genre of greek novels: a heft tome: perhaps 3 times larger longer than the iliad, but only fragments are extant. Since he was a slave before but now trying to be integrated in upper class. Judge of elegance: parody of nouveaux riches and their vulgarity, parody of plato"s symposium, dialogue that comes with love, all about the indulgences, an exploration of more general themes- namely, the psychological tension at the heart of the. Federico fellini: 1920-1973, among the pantheon 20th century italian filmmakers (of the same generation as antonioni and.
