Laughing at domestica facta : : Identity construction in mid-Republican Rome through the lens of the togata / / Giuseppe Eugenio Rallo.

• Superior document: Studia Comica
• VerfasserIn: Rallo, Giuseppe Eugenio,
• Place / Publishing House: Göttingen, Germany : : Verlag Antike,, [2024]; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: First edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Studia comica.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (289 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abstract -- A preliminary note for the reader -- Introduction -- 1. Foreword: the togata -- 2. Why a monograph on the togata? -- 3. Identity: Theoretical framework and definition -- 4. Identity in the middle Republic -- 5. The historical context of the middle Republic -- 6. The literary context of the middle Republic -- 7. The literary identity of the togata -- 8. The cultural identity of the togata -- 9. Outline -- 10. Working on fragments -- 11. Critical editions of the togata -- Chapter I - Authors, term, elements -- Part I - The authors of the togata: Chronology and origins -- I.1.1 Chronology of the authors of the togata -- I.1.2 The names and origins of the authors of the togata -- I.1.3 Mid-Republican Roman authors -- Part II - The togata and its theatrical identity: An analysis of the ancient sources -- I.2.1 Togata as 'play' -- I.2.2 Togata as '(a type of) comedy' -- I.2.3 Togata as a 'theatrical genre between comedy and tragedy' -- I.2.4 Togata as a 'term of unclear meaning' -- Part III - The togata and the construction of its 'Roman' identity through internal pieces of evidence -- I.3.1 Roman elements -- I.3.1.1 Roman settings -- I.3.1.2 Roman names -- I.3.1.3 Roman themes -- I.3.2 Latin elements -- I.3.2.1 Latin settings -- I.3.2.2 Latin (and Italian) names -- I.3.2.3 Toga as Latin dress -- I.3.3 Italian elements -- I.3.3.1 Italian settings -- I.3.3.2 Italian motifs -- I.3.4 Greek elements -- I.3.4.1 Greek names and motifs -- Some concluding remarks -- Chapter II - Female and male characters -- Part I - Female characters -- II.1.2 Female stock characters in the togata -- II.1.3 Prostitutes in the togata -- II.1.4 The uxor dotata in the togata -- II.1.5 Roman women in daily life.

II.1.6 The portrayal of powerful and masculine Roman women in the togata: Positive, negative, either, or neither? -- II.1.7 New female characters in the togata -- Part II - Male characters -- II.2.1 Male stock characters in the togata -- II.2.2 Slaves in the togata -- II.2.3 'New' male characters in the togata -- Some concluding remarks -- Chapter III - Ancient reception and lexicon -- Part I - The reception of the togata -- III.1.1 The perception of the togata: Terms with a rhetorical flavour -- III.1.1.1 Afranius and lepos -- III.1.1.2 Afranius and facundia -- III.1.2 The perception of the togata: Rhetorical terms and the idealised Attic style -- III.1.2.1 Afranius and the imitation of Titius and his Attic style -- III.1.2.2 Afranius and the classical Attic grace perceived in his togatae -- III.1.2.3 Togata and elegantia -- III.1.2.4 Titinius' clarae togatae -- III.1.2.5 Togata and urbanitas -- III.1.3 Mid-Republican Romans and their native ways of speaking: Assessments from ancient sources -- Part II - The lexicon of the togata and its 'Roman-ness' -- III.2.1 Hapax legomena and primum dicta -- III.2.1.1 Hapax legomena -- III.2.1.2 Primum dicta -- III.2.2 Graecisms -- III.2.3 Rare Plautine terms -- Some concluding remarks -- Conclusions -- Appendix -- Quotation of the fragments of the togata in ancient sources -- Bibliography -- Indices.