Whither Quo Vadis?

Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how theRoman world and its history are represented in film and the way inwhich the different adaptations reflect the shifting historicalsituations and ideological concerns of their own times.

Informationen zum Autor Ruth Scodel is D. R. Shackleton Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Listening to Homer (2002) and Epic Facework: Self-Presentation and Social Interaction in Homer (2008). Anja Bettenworth is Assistant Professor of Latin at the University of Münster. She is the author of Gastmahlszenen in der antiken Epik von Homer bis Claudian. Diachrone Untersuchungen zur Szenentypik (2004). Klappentext * An examination of Sienkiewicz's famous novel about Ancient Rome, Quo Vadis? and the five film adaptations that the book has spawned* Looks at how the different film versions interpret, select from, and modify the novel and the ancient sources on which it is based, adapting it to contemporary social and political pressures and to the particular artistic and commercial goals of each production* Offers an exceptionally clear view of how films have presented ancient Rome and how modern conditions determine its reception Zusammenfassung Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements.1. Novel and Film.2. Adapting the narrative.Sienkiewicz' Novel: adapting the story.Focalizers, Judgments, and Petronius.Petronius as focal character.Seeing and Mapping Rome.3. Gender and Ethnicity.Marcus and Lygia.Petronius and Eunice.Pomponia.Gender Roles in Public and Private Life.Ethnicity and Gender Roles in the 1985 Version.Adaptations in the 2001 Version.4. Political Institutions, Political Subtexts.The Complex Allusions of the 1985 Miniseries.Foreign Policy in the Films.The Military in the 1951 Version.The Arrival of Galba.5. The Roman People.6. Religion and Religious Authority in Quo Vadis?.Paganism.Judaism.Christianity: Ritual, Theology, and Conflict in Sienkiewicz' Novel.The Representation of the Scriptures.Radicals: Crispus.Mainstream Christianity: Peter and Paul.Conclusion.7. Conclusions.8. Exkursus: Chilo's Mother: A Peculiarity of the German Translations of Quo Vadis?..Synopsis of the Novel and the Film Versions of Quo vadis.Works Cited.Index of ancient sources.Index of names.Index of things...

Autorentext
Ruth Scodel is D. R. Shackleton Bailey Collegiate Professor of Greek and Latin at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Listening to Homer (2002) and Epic Facework: Self-Presentation and Social Interaction in Homer (2008).
Anja Bettenworth is Assistant Professor of Latin at the University of Münster. She is the author of Gastmahlszenen in der antiken Epik von Homer bis Claudian. Diachrone Untersuchungen zur Szenentypik (2004).

Klappentext
* An examination of Sienkiewicz's famous novel about Ancient Rome, Quo Vadis? and the five film adaptations that the book has spawned * Looks at how the different film versions interpret, select from, and modify the novel and the ancient sources on which it is based, adapting it to contemporary social and political pressures and to the particular artistic and commercial goals of each production * Offers an exceptionally clear view of how films have presented ancient Rome and how modern conditions determine its reception

Zusammenfassung
Whither Quo Vadis? offers an engaging account of how the Roman world and its history are represented in film and the way in which the different adaptations reflect the shifting historical situations and ideological concerns of their own times.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements. 1. Novel and Film. 2. Adapting the narrative. Sienkiewicz' Novel: adapting the story. Focalizers, Judgments, and Petronius. Petronius as focal character. Seeing and Mapping Rome. 3. Gender and Ethnicity. Marcus and Lygia. Petronius and Eunice. Pomponia. Gender Roles in Public and Private Life. Ethnicity and Gender Roles in the 1985 Version. Adaptations in the 2001 Version. 4. Political Institutions, Political Subtexts. The Complex Allusions of the 1985 Miniseries. Foreign Policy in the Films. The Military in the 1951 Version. The Arrival of Galba. 5. The Roman People. 6. Religion and Religious Authority in Quo Vadis?. Paganism. Judaism. Christianity: Ritual, Theology, and Conflict in Sienkiewicz' Novel. The Representation of the Scriptures. Radicals: Crispus. Mainstream Christianity: Peter and Paul. Conclusion. 7. Conclusions. 8. Exkursus: Chilo's Mother: A Peculiarity of the German Translations of Quo Vadis?. . Synopsis of the Novel and the Film Versions of Quo vadis. Works Cited. Index of ancient sources. Index of names. Index of things

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