IMC 2007: Sessions
Session 1019: The City and the Pleasance in Late Antique and Byzantine Literature
Wednesday 11 July 2007, 09.00-10.30
Organisers: | André-Louis Rey, Faculté des Lettres, Université de Genève Karin Schlapbach, King's College, University of London / Universität Zürich |
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Moderator/Chair: | Cristiana Sogno, Department of Classics, University of California, Irvine |
Paper 1019-a | A Portrayal of Rome in Ammianus's Res gestae: Ideal Features and Real Vices (Language: English) Index terms: Daily Life, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Latin, Social History |
Paper 1019-b | The City, the Pleasance, and the Community (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Latin, Philosophy |
Paper 1019-c | Byzantine Cities Described: Some Civitates Amoenae (Language: English) Index terms: Byzantine Studies, Historiography - Medieval, Language and Literature - Greek, Rhetoric |
Abstract | Our subject is the late antique and medieval city, observed and described with (implicit) reference to historical, social, or rhetorical models of an ideal City. Prof. I.G. Mastrorosa focuses on Ammianus Marcellinus' skilful characterization of the society of Rome and its distance from the golden age of his classical literary sources. Dr. K. Schlapbach explores the city and the pleasance as places for dialogue, introspection and the creation of a community. Dr. A.-L. Rey examines Byzantine descriptions of cities that bridge the gap between the ideal of the locus amoenus and the not always pleasant town. |