THE ANCIENT NOVEL AND ITS RECEPTION OF EARLIER LITERATURE
A KYKNOS conference at University College Cork, Ireland
Wednesday 29 August – Friday 31 August 2007
The reception of the texts of ancient Greece and Rome in later literature and culture has emerged as an area of intense scholarly interest in recent years. The ancient Greek and Roman novels, rich in intertextuality and allusion, provide ample scope for the study of the reception of earlier literature in the narrative of the Empire.
In this context, the Department of Classics at University College Cork will host a KYKNOS conference on 29-31 August 2007, with the aim of exploring the reception of earlier Greek and Roman literature in the ancient novels and the way in which reception shapes the novels’ content, structure and style.
This conference is funded by the UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Science Conference Fund and the UCC Classics Department.
FINAL PROGRAMME
The conference will take place in the O’Rahilly Building, room 2.55
Wednesday, 29 August – afternoon session
Chair: John Morgan (Swansea)
3.00 – 4.00 Registration and tea
4.00 – 4.30 Introduction: conference organisers and KYKNOS director
4.30 – 5.30 Tim Whitmarsh (Exeter): Novelists Cite Novelists
5.30 – 6.30 Koen De Temmerman (Stanford): Where Philosophy and Rhetoric Meet: Character Typification in the Greek Novel
7.30 Dinner at Cafe de la Paix
Thursday, 30 August – morning session
Chair: John Morgan (Swansea)
9.00 – 10.00 Ian Repath (Lampeter): Platonic Love and Erotic Ignorance in Longus’ Daphnis and Chloe
10.00 – 11.00 Maria-Elpiniki Oikonomou (Swansea): Only Dreaming... Anthia’s Dream in the Ephesiaka
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 12.30 Konstantin Doulamis (UCC): Forensic Oratory and Rhetorical Theory in Chariton
12.45 – 2.00 Buffet Lunch
Thursday, 30 August – afternoon session
Chair: Konstantin Doulamis (UCC)
2.00 – 3.00 John Morgan (Swansea): Philetas and Longus
3.00 – 4.00 Elias Koulakiotis (Rethymnon): The Rhetoric of Otherness: Alexander’s Letter About India and the Alexander Romance
Late afternoon free to explore Cork City
7.30 Conference Dinner at Jacob's on the Mall
Friday, 31 August – morning session
Chair: Tim Whitmarsh (Exeter)
9.00 – 10.00 Costas Panayotakis (Glasgow): Petronius’ Iambics on the Condemnation of Luxury (Sat. 55.5-6)
10.00 – 11.00 Maeve O’Brien (NUI Maynooth): Writing the Pale Imitation: The Story of Meroe and Socrates in Apuleius’ Metamorphoses 1. 1-19
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee
11.30 – 12.30 Michael Paschalis (Rethymnon): Petronius and Virgil: Readings and Contexts
12.30 – 1.00 Closing Discussion
1.00 – 2.00 Buffet Lunch
For information, contact:
Dr Konstantin Doulamis
Department of Classics
University College Cork
Ireland
Tel: +353-21-4902565
Fax: +353-21-4903277
Email: K.Doulamis@ucc.ie