Integrative teaching
Exercises
Examination procedure
Seminars
Prerequisites
The module is primarily intended for doctoral students, but can also be usefully taken by ordinary course students. An advanced knowledge of Latin is required.
Syllabus
Following on from the analysis begun in the previous module, which is closely linked to this one, we will focus on the detailed reading of the most significant sections of the tragedy, taking the cue for a comparison with other tragedies by Seneca.
Bibliographical references
Companions e bibliografie
Per una introduzione generale a Seneca e alle tragedie (singole e in generali), nonché per una bibliografia ragionata, si possono consultare:
Brill’s Companion to Seneca Philosopher and Dramatist, G. Damschen and A. Heil, eds., Leiden-Boston 2014
The Cambridge Companion to Seneca, S. Bartsch and A. Schiesaro, eds., Cambridge 2016
E’ disponibile anche una ricca bibliografia ragionata online su “Seneca’a tragedies” (Oxford Bibliographies online), a cura di S. Braund, aggiornata però solo al 2011.
Seidensticker, B. – Armstrong, D. (1985), Seneca tragicus 1878–1978 (with addenda 1979ff.), ANRW II.32.2, 916–968
Edizioni critiche
O. Zwierlein, OCT 19932 (19861)
J. G. Fitch, Loeb, 2002-04
Principali commenti
Agamemnon
R. J. Tarrant, Cambridge 1976
Hercules Furens
F. Caviglia, Roma 1979
J. G. Fitch. Ithaca, NY 1987
M. Billerbeck, Leiden 1999
Hercules Oetaeus
L. Degiovanni, Firenze 2017 (versi 1-1030)
Medea
C. D. N. Costa, Oxford 1973
H. M. Hine, Warminster, 2000
A. J. Boyle, Oxford 2014
Octavia
R. Ferri, Cambridge 2003
A. J. Boyle, Oxford 2008
Oedipus
K. Töchterle, Heidelberg 1984
A. J. Boyle, Oxford 2010
Phaedra
A. J. Boyle, Liverpool 1987
R. Mayer – M. Coffey, Cambridge 1990
Phoenissae
A. Barchiesi, Venezia 1988
M. Frank, Leiden 1995
Thyestes
R. J. Tarrant, Atlanta 1985
A. J. Boyle, Oxford 2017
Troades
F. Caviglia, Roma 1981
E. Fantham, Princeton 1982
A. J. Boyle, Leeds 1994
A. J. Keulen, Leiden 2001
Saggi su aspetti generali delle tragedie
Billerbeck, M. (1988), SenecasTragödien Sprachliche und Stilistische Untersuchungen, Leiden
Bishop, J. D. (1985), Seneca’s daggered stylus: Political code in the tragedies, Königstein
Boyle, A. J. (1997), Tragic Seneca: An essay in the theatrical tradition. London
Canter, H.V., (1926), Rhetorical Elements in the Tragedies of Seneca, Urbana
Davis, P.J. (1995), Shifting Song: the Chorus in Seneca’s Tragedies, Zürich-New York
Dupont, F. (1995), Les monstres de Sénèque: Pour une dramaturgie de la tragédie romaine. Paris
Fitch, J.G. (1981), “Sense-pauses and relative dating in Seneca, Sophocles and Shakespeare,” American Journal of Philology 102, 289-307
- (2000), “Playing Seneca?”, in Harrison (2000), 1-12
- (2008), ed., Seneca. Oxford Readings in Classical Studies, Oxford
Harrison, G.W.M. (2000), ed., Seneca in Performance, London
Herington, C. J. (1966), “Senecan tragedy,” Arion 5, 422-71.
Ker, J. (2009), The deaths of Seneca, Oxford
Lanza, D. (1981), “Lo spettacolo della parola. Riflessioni sulla testualità drammatica di Seneca”, Dioniso 52, 463-67
Littlewood, C. (2004), Self-representation and illusion in Senecan tragedy, Oxford
Maggiulli, G. (2007), Per alta nemora: la poesia del mondo vegetale in Seneca tragico, Pisa-Roma
Mastronarde, D. J. (1970), “Seneca’s Oedipus: The drama in the word”, TAPA 101, 291–315
Mazzoli, G. (2016), Il chaos e le sue architetture : trenta studi su Seneca tragico, Palermo
Paratore, E. (2011), Seneca tragico: senso e ricezione di un teatro, Urbino
Petrone, G. (1984), La scrittura tragica dell’irrazionale. Note di lettura al teatro di Seneca, Palermo
Pratt, N. T. (1983), Seneca’s drama, Chapel Hill
Rosenmeyer, T. G. (1989), Senecan drama and Stoic cosmology, Berkeley
Staley, Gregory. 2010. Seneca and the idea of tragedy. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press.
Segal, Ch. (1986), Language and desire in Seneca’s Phaedra, Princeton
Seidensticker, B. (1969), Die Gesprächsverdicthung in den Tragödien Senecas, Heidelberg
Sutton, D.F. (1986), Seneca on the Stage, Leiden
Tarrant, R.J. (1972) review of Seidensticker (1969), Phoenix 26, 194-199
- (1978), “Senecan drama and its antecedents”. HSCP 82, 213-263
- (1995) “Greek and Roman in Seneca’s tragedies”, HSCP 97, 215–232
Trinacty, C. V. (2014), Senecan tragedy and the reception of Augustan poetry, Oxford
Zwierlein, O. (1966), Die Rezitationsdramen Senecas, Meisenheim am Glan