English and Classics KCL Talk: The Great Gatsby & The Dinner of Trimalchio

King's College, London

Key Stage 5 English and Classics KCL Talk -  'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Dinner of Trimalchio': Decadence in New York and Ancient Rome

Dr Emily Pillinger
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Topic: 'The Great Gatsby' and 'The Dinner of Trimalchio': Decadence in New York and Ancient Rome
This talk shows how one of the greatest loved American novels of the twentieth century emerged from Fitzgerald's reading of a much less well-known ancient Roman novel by Petronius. It explores how both novels speak to the inequality, corruption, and cynicism of their contemporary worlds, and in the process demonstrates to students that the combined study of English and Classics is a rich and valuable degree focus. There is no need for students to know anything of either works before the talk, though they may like to read ’The Great Gatsby’ in advance, or watch the film (dir. B. Luhrmann, 2013). 
Please note that the talk is currently set up as a Zoom Meeting - this will be upgraded in due course, prior to the event, to a Webinar, and you will be sent the new link.The event will start with a brief presentation by Dr Pavlos Avlamis about the Classics Department at KCL (5-10 minutes).The event will be recorded and uploaded in due course on the KCL Classics, Schools Network website: <a href="https://www.kcl.ac.uk/classics/our-connections/schools-network" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.kcl.ac.uk/classics/our-connections/schools-network</a>.Please note that if students are watching at home separately they will need to register individually, in order to receive their own unique link for the webinar. If they are watching with you in a classroom, then that is not necessary.

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