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SURVEILLANCE ET TRANSGRESSION SUR LA SCÈNE PLAUTINIENNE
SURVEILLANCE AND TRANSGRESSION ON THE PLAUTINIAN STAGE

Author(s): ANA MISDOLEA
Subject(s): Theory of Literature, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: overwatch; surveillance; transgression; guard; spying; voyeurism;

Summary/Abstract: We examine the notion of surveillance in Plautus’s plays, when watching over someone (lat. obseruatio, in the general sense) takes the form of close watch, spying and voyeurism, and by doing so, linking it with transgression. Thus, the actual transgressor is often spied on, rather than being the spying character.

  • Issue Year: XXXIII/2023
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 63-79
  • Page Count: 17
  • Language: French