Plautine masks in La Cassaria by Ludovico Ariosto Cover Image

Plautyńskie maski w komedii „La Cassaria” Ludovica Ariosta
Plautine masks in La Cassaria by Ludovico Ariosto

Author(s): Klaudia STACHOWICZ
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, Philology
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: La Cassaria; masks; fabula palliata; Ludovico Ariosto; Plautus; Renaissance

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to indicate the common features of the characters of Ludovico Ariosto’s Renaissance comedy La Cassaria with their Plautine prototypes. The article explores, therefore, how Roman concepts went onto influence Ariosto with regards to character creation and the use of names that belong to the category of nomen omen.

  • Issue Year: XXX/2020
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 135-151
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: Polish
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