Friday 3 March 2023
9:00–9:15 Welcome
9:15–10:05 Silvio Bär (Oslo): The Conceptualization of Transtextuality and the Study of Ancient Epic
10:05–10:20 Coffee break
10:20–11:10 Daniele Miano (Oslo): Transtextuality and Cultural Translation
11:10–12:00 Matthew Kinloch & Tom Morcom (Oslo): Unruly Casts and Awkward Protagonists: Possible Premodern Contributions to the Narrative Theory of Characters
12:00–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–14:20 Diane Cuny (Tours): The First to Die: Protesilaus from Homer to Quintus
14:20–15:10 Katia Barbaresco (Venice): From Hero to Zero: Achilles’ kléos
15:10–15:25 Coffee break
15:25–16:15 Thomas Gärtner (Cologne): Deidameia: Eine epische Figur im Wandel der Zeitalter
Saturday 4 March 2023
9:15–10:05 Federico Tanozzi (Venice): King, Elder, Suppliant: The Account of Priam’s
Death from the Epic Cycle to Triphiodorus
10:05–10:20 Coffee break
10:20–11:10 Giampiero Scafoglio (Nice): Transepic Aeneas: The Hero’s Journey from the Iliad to the Aeneid [on Zoom]
11:10–12:00 Lee Fratantuono (Maynooth): Allusive Elissa: Dido and the Epic Tradition
12:00–13:30 Lunch break
13:30–14:20 Mathilde Skoie (Oslo): Polyphemus: From Epic to Pastoral and Back Again
14:20–15:10 Juan Christian Pellicer (Oslo): Homer’s Hephaistos and Milton’s Mulciber:
Continuities of Character across Cultural Disruption
Organiser: Prof. Silvio Bär (silvio.baer@ifikk.uio.no)
The conference is open to the general public and held in hybrid format. Those who wish to participate digitally (on Zoom) are requested to register via email by Thursday 2 March 2023 at 12:00h CET. Participants who wish to eat lunch with the speakers (sandwiches and soft drinks, free of charge) are kindly asked to sign up via email by Thursday 23 February 2023 at 12:00h CET.
The conference is generously funded by the Hans Andreas Benneches stiftelse