The essay discusses the genre classification of the 'fabua' Catinia as a 'humanist comedy'. The first part of this research focuses on the evolution of the 'modi dicendi' theory and the rhetoric of 'dramatic forms', between the late Gothic period and the early fifteenth century, taking into account the traits of the Mid-Latin and Neo-Latin 'theatricality' as well; according to such consideration, the study examines the typology of this play by Sicco Polenton. The second part of the essay pays attention to the eclectic contamination of this text, at the crossroads of 'comedy' and 'satirical dialogue', following the author's critical statements defining his own 'fabula' and the interpretation of the praefatio of the 'Catinia': from them, as well as from the comparison with the coeval comedies and with the models and archetypes offered by the tradition, we may understand Sicco's concept of 'fabula' and 'comicality'.

Per una rilettura della "Catinia": fra "laus stultitiae", parodia e 'commedia'

Elisabetta Selmi
2020

Abstract

The essay discusses the genre classification of the 'fabua' Catinia as a 'humanist comedy'. The first part of this research focuses on the evolution of the 'modi dicendi' theory and the rhetoric of 'dramatic forms', between the late Gothic period and the early fifteenth century, taking into account the traits of the Mid-Latin and Neo-Latin 'theatricality' as well; according to such consideration, the study examines the typology of this play by Sicco Polenton. The second part of the essay pays attention to the eclectic contamination of this text, at the crossroads of 'comedy' and 'satirical dialogue', following the author's critical statements defining his own 'fabula' and the interpretation of the praefatio of the 'Catinia': from them, as well as from the comparison with the coeval comedies and with the models and archetypes offered by the tradition, we may understand Sicco's concept of 'fabula' and 'comicality'.
2020
L'Umanesimo di Sicco Polenton. Padova, la "Catinia", i Santi, gli Antichi
978-88-95908-16-8
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