Comunicar un estereotipo cultural. El caso de Persa de Plauto

  1. Berta González Saavedra 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Journal:
Veleia: Revista de prehistoria, historia antigua, arqueología y filología clásicas

ISSN: 0213-2095

Year of publication: 2023

Issue Title: Etnografías históricas de la comunicación en las lenguas del Mediterráneo antiguo

Issue: 40

Pages: 85-95

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1387/VELEIA.23227 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

On the basis that Greek and Latin comedy are based on stories created from stock characters that are used as models, I will analyze Plautus’ Persa, because in it two characters play metatheater in order to mock the leno. For doing it, the servus and a uirgo adopt the disguise of a Persian and a princess from Arabia, so the stereotype about Orient people shared by the audience and the Greek leno is activated. Moreover, stereotypes about Persians will be compared to those about Phoenicians, that play a role in Plautus’ Poenulus, in order to understand why Roman people have such a different stereotyped image from both Persians and Phoenicians.

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