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Intertextuality is widely utilized by Petronium as an extra resource for the construction of an image of a decadent society, once the configuration and characterization of each character are made in such way as to lead the reader to confusion and reflection. Based on these precepts, which are raised by Bakhitin's contributions on intertextuality, we will make a reading of Petronium's work under the influence of intertextuality to verify its metapoetic construction process and its contributions to the literary criticism. A intertextualidade é largamente utilizada por Petrônio como um recurso a mais para a construção de uma sociedade decadente, uma vez que a configuração e a caracterização de cada personagem são feitas de modo a confundir o leitor e levá-lo à reflexão. Com base nesses preceitos, alicerçados pelas contribuições acerca da intertextualidade de Bakhtin (1981) faremos uma leitura da obra de Petrônio à luz da intertextualidade para verificarmos seu processo de construção metapoética e suas contribuições para a crítica literária.

For inserting into the narrative characters that would partake in a possible “new bourgeoisie” of neronian times, the work of Petronius is currently analysed as a rich source for the study of Vulgar Latin. In this perspective, we will endeavour a linguistic analysis of the verbal morphology present in the Cena Trimalchionis, compared with the studies found in grammars, such as FARIA (1958) e FERNANDEZ & ROLAN (1985), in order to propose a discussion on the preparation of latin students, using materials like these, to deal with texts fleeing formal classical latin standards.

In 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald published the novel The Great Gatsby, the story of an obstinate love which drove the protagonist to conquest an immeasurable fortune. From this newly wealth and the spectacular parties that Gatsby used to throw at his mansion, the character got the name Trimalchio, which approximates the piece to Trimalchio’s narrative, inserted in Petronius’ The Satyricon. This paper presents some of the resemblances there are between the two texts and according to Bakhtin’s theory investigates the carnavalized aspect of the parties the hosts used to organize.