BAC LATIN: Le Festin chez Trimalcion
Texte intégral (Satiricon, XXVII-LXXVIII) - Traduction - Accompagnement pédagogique - Livre de l'élève
- 176 pages
- 7 hours of reading
French
Pétrone Book order
Pétrone, commonly associated with the Satyricon, is recognized as one of literature's earliest novelists. His work, existing in fragments, functions as a social satire. Through its character psychology and realistic observation, it introduced genuine literary innovation. Pétrone’s aesthetic is fundamentally parodic and satirical, interrogating the Roman world through mockery and disguise. Despite this, many scholars acknowledge his groundbreaking social commentary, innovative literary style, and commitment to realism, positioning him as a precursor to the novelistic form.
- 2017
- 1969
- 1959
This new Satyricon features not only a lively, new, annotated translation of the text, but fresh and accessible commentaries that discuss Petronius' masterpiece in terms of such topics as the identity of the author, the transmission of his manuscript, literary influences on the Satyricon, and the distinctive literary form of this work--as well as such features of Roman life as oratory, sexual practices, households, dinner parties, religion, and philosophy. It offers, in short, a remarkably informative and engaging account of major aspects of Imperial Roman culture as seen through the prism of our first extant novel.
