CLA233H1 Lecture : CLA233 Feb 2nd.docx
Document Summary
Rome paid to have performances at celebrations of god- religious festivals. First poets not from rome- brought into rome to write (greek) Terrance is a slave belongs to generation later is an outsider as livy says. Plautus name developed out of theatrical tradition have a meaning related to theatrical tradition. Plautus seems to mean flatfoot- reference to mime- also a slang for penis (droopy dick. Cloudy biography surrounding his persona- some say he was a slave others say he was an actor etc. He was a wildly successful play write. His comedies are fast past, funny and dirty specific genre is new comedy. There were originals both tragedies and comedies, we have little of the originals. The way the romans began to participate in literature was by translating older greek works into their own language. Earlier scholarly discourse on translations were that romans lacked creativity couldn"t develop their own literature.
