Fellini-Satyricon, a free adaptation of Petronius Arbiter’s novel: A comparative reading
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.fortunat.2025.42.06Keywords:
Petronius, Satyricon, Satyrica, Fellini, Fellini-SatyriconAbstract
This work aims to undertake a comparative reading of Petronius’ Satyricon, one of the earliest novels in Western literature, dating back to the mid-1st century A.D., and the Italian-French production Fellini-Satyricon, directed by Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini and premiered in 1969. We will offer reflections that may contribute to a deeper understanding of how, and to what extent, a wide variety of literary genres, discourses, and languages employed in the shaping of this critical and creative ancient Roman novel are echoed, transposed, reorganized, and transformed within Fellini’s modern cinematic discourse, which is likewise creative and critical of the context from which it emerges.
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