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Analýza a srovnání Gelliova spisu Noctes Atticae a Macrobiova díla Saturnalia : Proměny římské naukové literatury ve vrcholném a pozdním císařství.
| Title in English | The Comparative Analysis of the Gellius' Writing "Noctes Atticae" and Macrobius' Work "Saturnalia" : Metamorphoses of the Roman Scholarly Literature in the Roman Empire |
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | Vademecum Graeco-Latinum Brunense |
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| Field | Mass media, audiovision |
| Keywords | Literary critics; Antiquity; Educational literature |
| Description | The article, summarizing findings of a wide comparative analysis, presents the main characteristics - both form- and contents- - of the two postclassical scholarly compendia: the Noctes Atticae, a miscellaneous, partially autobiographical writing from Aulus Gellius (half 2nd century A. D.), and the Saturnalia, an educational fictitious dialogue from Macrobius (published soon after 530 A. D.). It shows the different genre-choice as well as the various science-presentations as a consequence of the different composition-period and the opposite intellectual concept of education (in the case of N. A. stressing the game and imagination, by Macrobius the system reflecting the ideal world of truth). |
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