Ruth Scodel, Anja Bettenworth

Whither Quo Vadis?

Sienkiewicz's Novel in Film and Television

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

_ An examination of Sienkiewicz's famous novel about Ancient Rome, Quo Vadis? and the five film adaptations that the book has spawned
_ Looks at how the different film versions interpret, select from, and modify the novel and the ancient sources on which it is based, adapting it to contemporary social and political pressures and to the particular artistic and commercial goals of each production
_ Offers an exceptionally clear view of how films have presented ancient Rome and how modern conditions determine its reception

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Dezember 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 574g
• ISBN-13: 9781405183857
• ISBN-10: 1405183853
• Artikelnr.: 23810912

Autorenporträt

Ruth Scodel is D. R. Shackleton Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Listening to Homer (2002) and Epic Facework: Self-Presentation and Social Interaction in Homer (2008). Anja Bettenworth is Assistant Professor of Latin at the University of Münster. She is the author of Gastmahlszenen in der antiken Epik von Homer bis Claudian. Diachrone Untersuchungen zur Szenentypik (2004).

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements. 1. Novel and Film. 2. Adapting the narrative.
Sienkiewicz' Novel: adapting the story. Focalizers, Judgments, and
Petronius. Petronius as focal character. Seeing and Mapping Rome. 3. Gender
and Ethnicity. Marcus and Lygia. Petronius and Eunice. Pomponia. Gender
Roles in Public and Private Life. Ethnicity and Gender Roles in the 1985
Version. Adaptations in the 2001 Version. 4. Political Institutions,
Political Subtexts. The Complex Allusions of the 1985 Miniseries. Foreign
Policy in the Films. The Military in the 1951 Version. The Arrival of
Galba. 5. The Roman People. 6. Religion and Religious Authority in Quo
Vadis?. Paganism. Judaism. Christianity: Ritual, Theology, and Conflict in
Sienkiewicz' Novel. The Representation of the Scriptures. Radicals:
Crispus. Mainstream Christianity: Peter and Paul. Conclusion. 7.
Conclusions. 8. Exkursus: Chilo's Mother: A Peculiarity of the German
Translations of Quo Vadis?. . Synopsis of the Novel and the Film Versions
of Quo vadis. Works Cited. Index of ancient sources. Index of names. Index
of things

Rezensionen

"Recommended [to] all readers." ( CHOICE , March 2010)

"There is much to admire in this book. It has a clear focusand a good set of questions. It knows its way round the five filmsand around the classical sources, and is prepared to look atbroader issues in relation to the close reading of thefilms." ( Bryn Mawr Classical Review , March 2009)