num_pages: 256
description: Theatrum Arbitri is a literary study dealing with the possible influence of Roman comic drama (comedies of Plautus and Terence, theatre of the Greek and Roman mimes, and fabula Atellana ) on the surviving fragments of Petronius' Satyrica .The theatrical assessment of this novel is carried out at the levels of plot-construction, characterization, language, and reading of the text as if it were the narrative equivalent of a farcical staged piece with the theatrical structure of a play produced before an audience. The analysis follows the order of each of the scenes in the novel.The reader will also find a brief general commentary on the less discussed scenes of the Satyrica , and a comprehensive account of the theatre of the mimes and its main features.
language: English
title: Theatrum Arbitri: Theatrical Elements in the Satyrica of Petronius
titlecomplete: Theatrum Arbitri: Theatrical Elements in the Satyrica of Petronius (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava Supplementum)
publisher: Brill Academic Pub