Praise/shame in the books of Pliny the Younger: the representation of pueritia in the dissemination of stoic’s educational principles

• Grant number: 11/01214-9
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: October 01, 2011
• End date: July 31, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Classical Languages
• Principal Investigator: Marly de Bari Matos
• Grantee: Marly de Bari Matos
• Host Investigator: Mireille Corbier
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: L’Année épigraphique, France

Abstract

This research aims to study, in the works of Pliny the Younger, how argumentative resources involved in the representation of pueritia integrate praise and vituperation of personalities of the time in order to disseminate stoic educational models. (AU)