Classical Tradition in Modern Culture
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La présente étude s’attache à l’analyse de la symbiose entre fascisme et catholicisme au sein de l’Istituto di Studi Romani (ISR). Il s’agira de montrer que l’ISR, suivant les exigences du régime et celles du Vatican, jouait un ‘double... more
The magical universe created by J.K. Rowling is full of classical references, both in the use of nouns or magical beings and in the portrayal of the hero and his friends, with reminiscences of homeric scenes and classical tragedies.... more
ClassicoContemporaneo 0.0 (2014)
Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Classics in International Modernism and the Avant-Garde. Ed. Adam J. Goldwyn and James Nikopoulos, Brill 2017, pp. 269-291
A chiedere agli artefici dotati d’ingegno e temprati «dallo esercizio dell’arte» di dare corpo per iscritto al loro sapere fu Benedetto Varchi che, nella primavera del 1547, in concomitanza con i suoi interventi accademici dedicati alle... more
Si mettono a confronto il volgarizzamento della «Poetica» di Lodovico Castelvetro (Vienna, 1570) e i «Petri Victorii Commentarii in primum librum Arsitotelis De Arte Poetarum», un'opera di riferimento per chi traduceva o commentava il... more
The debate surrounding the relation between Hitler’s interest in architectural neo-classicism and his reception of antiquity has often proceeded from the assumption of a deep nostalgia for a (deeply mythicised) classical ‘Aryan’ past and... more
The idea of a heritage from ancient Rome, or romanità, was central to Italian fascism. This article analyzes, in the 44 volumes of his Opera Omnia, Il Duce Mussolini’s discourse on romanità, focusing on key themes such as empire,... more
Fascism exploited ancient Rome for propaganda. The movie Scipione l’Africano (1937) is a case in point.
The paper focuses on the Sirens’ song in Homer and how that song, and the the lack of it, have been interpreted by prominent authors of the twentieth century, including Pascoli, Rilke, Eliot, Joyce, Kafka, Brecht, Blanchot.
Atti della omonima giornata di studio, testimonianza, spettacolo del 15 maggio 2010 (R. Vianello, "Venticinque anni di storia"; C. Alberti La memoria del teatro antico nell'età contemporanea tra enigma e mistero; Conversazione... more
This essay aims to discuss and identify the character «Glafira», mentioned by Luís de Camões in «Os Lusíadas» (5.95) and connected by the Portuguese Renaissance poet to Mark Antony.
A “giuntina” edition of «Perì hermenèias» (Florence, Biblioteca Riccardiana, Stamp. 15826), belonging to Benedetto Varchi (1503-1565) and by him richly annotated, testifies on his study on Logica. During his stay in Padua (1537-1541),... more
Las obras de los historiadores de Indias constituyen un vasto corpus de textos de variadas formas literarias. Concluimos afirmando que la función primordial del uso del mito en estos autores, obviando su base erudita, es la comparativa;... more
Nel saggio si analizzano alcuni passi delle «Lectiones» e dei «Commentari» vettoriani al trattato di retorica di Demetrio (pseudo-) Falereo, in cui il filologo fiorentino commenta la lingua, le metafore e le fonti della «Commedia»; anche... more
In virtù dell'analisi dei testi linguistici di Benedetto Varchi, rimasti manoscritti fino all'Otto e al Novecento, si individuano le tappe in cui, in concomitanza con gli studi di testi aristotelici (la logica al primo posto), nell'autore... more
Analysis of many passages of his writings reveals Alberti’s appreciation of country life as an environment where gain is morally acceptable, an ideal locus for the pursuit of letters, and a safe haven away from the risks and hazards of... more
Nelle indagini di storia della lingua italiana del Cinquecento si osserva che lo storico processo del lento ma deciso affermarsi di un modello linguistico unitario s’intreccia con il volgarizzamento e la riscrittura della letteratura... more
Sodobni slovenski avtor Niko Grafenauer (1940) je priznan pesnik in pisatelj, ki je skoraj sočasno začel objavljati poezijo za odrasle (Večer pred praznikom, 1962) in za mlade bralce (Pedenjped, 1966). Slednja je predmet pričujoče... more
Dans cet article, nous nous proposons de présenter l’état des recherches concernant la romanité fasciste dans toutes ses manifestations reconnues jusqu’à présent. Ainsi, nous parlerons d’abord des études ‘générales,’ qui depuis la fin des... more
Il volume raccoglie le osservazioni sul lessico tecnico della musica e del teatro del Cinquecento, attestato dalle traduzioni manoscritte di alcuni trattati greci: «Onomasticon» di Polluce, i «Problemi musicali» («Probl. XIX»), attribuiti... more
This paper covers some aspects in the art of Antony Gormley, contemporary British Sculptor — in particular, his stance toward the classical sculptural tradition, modes of representation of the human body, the notion of space in sculpture,... more
The article gives the most important examples of classicism in the culture of Saratov province namely in architecture and education. The author focuses his attention on the activities of Ivan F. Sinaisky (1799–1870) as a teacher in Greek... more
In this paper tango lyrics are analyzed from the perspective of the classical models dealing with love and violence. The study focuses on the presence of the literary topics Odi et amo and Nec tecum nec sine te in the work of renowned... more
The present paper treats a particular manifestation of contemporary myth-making, the myth of ‘Romanness’ known as romanità, which since the end of antiquity has often been viewed as a cornerstone of Italian identity; at times this myth... more
This essay was privately printed as one of a series of discussions for use in an undergraduate course in classics and cinema. The primary course objective was to introduce students to the standard elements of narrative construction... more
This study examines philosophical questions regarding the limitations of formalism and how they might be overcome. It presents a critical reconstruction of the early work of Georg Lukács, which attempted to supplement a unique form of... more
Editor: Christina-Panagiota Manolea Brill’s Companion to the Reception of Homer from the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity presents a comprehensive account of the afterlife of the Homeric corpus. Twenty chapters written by a range of... more