De imitatione: the imitation process in Senecas Letters to Lucilius

• Grant number: 22/04575-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2022
• End date: July 31, 2024
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Classical Languages
• Principal Investigator: José Eduardo dos Santos Lohner
• Grantee: Amanda Larissa Garcia de Medeiros
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to study how Seneca describes the imitative process in the Lettres to Lucilius. Aiming to understand the Senecan conception of imitatio, this project propose the study of epistles 40,79,84,100,114 in which Seneca discuss the artistic imitation. (AU)