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This paper offers an analysis of Sheri Tepper’s novel, The Gate to Women’s Country, through the lenses of Classical Reception and feminist reinterpretation, aligning with Hardwick’s theoretical framework and drawing upon the specific conceptual propositions of Ostriker, Keen and Durand. Tepper’s narrative comprises both utopian and dystopian elements. In her utopian projection, a Greek tragedy is reimagined as Iphigenia in Ilium, wherein she introduces a dialogue with the deceased to underscore the inherent violence of men and its consequences for women and children. In the dystopian projection, she indirectly utilises the myth of Persephone and Demeter, with a notable emphasis on the catabatis motif, implicitly employed to depict the harrowing and violent experiences faced by the central character, Stavia. This portrayal of Hades, transposed to Tepper’s envisioned society, serves as a cautionary tale highlighting the perils that women encounter when they lack control, influence or a voice.

Reseña de Las mil naves, de Natalie Haynes.

Este trabajo pretende determinar en qué ámbitos es posible identificar la influencia de las máscaras de la farsa atellana en la comedia latina palliata. También se discute en qué medida los rasgos específicos de la atellana, unidos a los personajes fijos de la comedia nueva griega, la Néa, explican la singularidad de la palliata y el éxito de Plauto ante el difícil público de Roma, habituado a una comicidad ligada a los sentidos. This paper discusses where one can identify the influence of the masks of the Atellan farce on palliata Latin comedy. I also discuss to what extent the specific characteristics of the atellana, together with the fixed character types of Greek new comedy (Néa), explain the singularity of the palliata and the success of Plautus in front of the difficult Roman public, which was used to a comicality linked to the senses.

Este trabajo compara dos reescrituras de la Odisea, planteadas desde la perspectiva de Penélope, que, sin viajar, se ve obligada a crear sus propias estrategias de supervivencia. Se trata de la obra de Margaret Atwood, Penélope y las doce criadas, y la obra de la gallega Begoña Caamaño, Circe o el placer del azul, novelas con finalidad subversiva, narradas desde una posición femenina o incluso feminista, que cuestionan la verdad del relato homérico. A pesar de las coincidencias, ambas reescrituras articulan procedimientos muy distintos, el humor o la sublimación, entre otros, para dar voz a Penélope.

This paper describes an Educational Change Project carried out within the branch of the Initial Training Program for Teachers at the Autónoma University of Madrid. The main porpoise of that Project was to introduce some innovations in the methodology and evaluation of the course “The Transmission of Classical Heritage”, part of the “Master's Degree in Education Training for Secondary Teachers”. The paper deals with the training needs of the university teacher in the EHEA (European Higher education Area) and the implementation of innovative teaching methods and principles. It also explains the changes introduced in a course aimed at the training of Secondary teachers and it assesses the results of this experience.

Este trabajo ofrece un análisis comparativo de las características propias de la comedia palliata de Plauto (comediógrafo romano del siglo II a.C.) y de los elementos definitorios de la sitcom, género televisivo de gran aceptación popular. A través de este planteamiento, los autores pretenden poner de manifiesto la existencia de una tradición cómica que, de forma continua, ha ido transmitiendo una serie de rasgos sin conciencia de su origen remoto. Desde esta perspectiva, la sitcom permite explicar con un enfoque contemporáneo el rotundo éxito que en su momento gozó la comedia plautina y, a la inversa, ciertos patrones compositivos del teatro antiguo dan la pauta para entender la gran influencia del fenómeno televisivo que supone la sitcom.Palabras clave: Plauto, comedia palliata, cultura popular, sitcom, recepción, cultura clásica.AbstractThis paper offers a comparative analysis of the features of fabula togata by Plautus, a Roman writer of comedies of the 2nd century, and the defining characteristics of the successful TV genre, the sitcom. Using this approach, the authors aim to demonstrate the existence of a continuous tradition through which several comical features have been transmitted, without consciousness of their distant origin. Thus, the sitcom offers us an explanation, from a contemporary point of view, for the resounding success of the Plautinian comedy. Conversely, several composite elements of ancient theatre provide us with the key to understanding the reasons behind the great influence of the sitcom as a TV phenomenon.Keywords: Plautus, palliata, popular culture, sitcom, reception, classical culture.

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