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Titus Maccius Plautus [1] (/ ˈ p l ɔː t ə s /, PLAW-təs; c. 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety.
Sweeney Agonistes by T. S. Eliot was his first attempt at writing a verse drama although he was unable to complete the piece. In 1926 and 1927 he separately published two scenes from this attempt and then collected them in 1932 in a small book under the title Sweeney Agonistes: Fragments of an Aristophanic Melodrama.
A number of Latin translations of modern literature have been made to bolster interest in the language. The perceived dryness of classical literature is sometimes a major obstacle for achieving fluency in reading Latin , as it discourages students from reading large quantities of text ( extensive reading ).
Modern Latin--1992: Periegesis Amatoria: Geneviève Immè: Modern Latin--1991: Carmina: Traian Lăzărescu. [2] Modern Latin--1972: Incantationes [3] Antonius Smerdel: Modern Latin--1970: De cicadis et undis Parentinis [3] Antonius Smerdel: Modern Latin--1969: Flatus cupressorum [3] Antonius Smerdel: Modern Latin--1968: Palmae solis almae [3 ...
"Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". The Modern Language Review. 45 (3). Modern Humanities Research Association: 363– 368. doi:10.2307/3718517. JSTOR 3718517. (subscription required) Hulbert, James R. (February 1949). "Reviews: A Commentary on the General Prologue to the Canterbury Tales". Modern Philology ...
A prologue or prolog (from Greek πρόλογος prólogos, from πρό pró, "before" and λόγος lógos, "word") is an opening to a story that establishes the context and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information.
Target language Translation title Original title Original author Translator Publisher Date Ancient Greek: Αστερικιος εν Ολυμπια [18]: Astérix aux Jeux Olympiques
It is the third and central part when a play is analyzed into five separate parts: prologue, protasis, epitasis, catastasis and catastrophe. In modern dramatic theory, the dramatic arc is often referred to, which uses somewhat different divisions but is substantially the same concept overall. [citation needed]