Food and its Presentation in The Satyricon
Write 2 pages minimum (double spaced, 12pt size font) on the following topic:
All through the semester, we have analyzed various functions of food through the centuries. Making specific references to the material of the course, discuss some of the functions that impressed you the most and what period of history interested you the most.
Furthermore, write about one memory related to food that particularly stands out in your life.
I will upload 10 papers that we have used, and you can choose the one that interests you the most and write about the topic and some of your own ideas.
The deadline is at 10 p.m. EST, Friday night at 10 p.m. in the United States. Thank you
Here is some questions our professor used, maybe that will help.
Describe the type of food and its presentation in the text Satyricon by Petronius. Discuss also the provenance of the food served at the banquet, the entertainment, and the guests. Please include your personal comments.
Describe and analyze the importance and the evolution of the banquet from Medieval to Renaissance times (approximately from XI to XV-XVI centuries) discussing the following characteristics: location, functions, food served, service, setting, decorative objects on the table, entertainment, and more. Please include your personal comments.
After describing what the Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio is (historical situation, narrators, locations, topics, and more), analyze the function of food ("crane" and "falcon") in the two short stories we read (Decameron V, 9 and VI, 2). Please include your personal comments.
Describe the painting of the kitchen by Vincenzo Campi, stressing the functions and roles of the people, animals, and objects represented. Please add your personal comments.
In his seminal book On Right Pleasure and Good Health, the humanist Platina (Bartolomeo Sacchi) talks about the ethics and the esthetics of food. Analyze the basic ideas of the book, its importance, and its novelty. Please add your personal comments.
The text Galateo by Giovanni Della Casa became very famous as it was published and was translated into many languages. Talk about the content of the book and the reasons for its success. Please add your personal comments.
In Luigi Pirandello's story "Sicilian Limes", this fruit has a pivotal role. Discuss the plot, the symbolic value of the gift, and the ending of the story. Please add your personal comments.
Food is present all through the book The Adventures of Pinocchio and marks his evolution from puppet to young boy. After briefly introducing the author of the book, please analyze the most important foods present in the story and show how they reveal Pinocchio's growth and transformation. Please add your personal comments.
Here are the food and other things we discused
The Diaries of Marin Sanudo
Mirandolina
The Bethrothed
Describe the following painting by Giovanna Garzoni "Bowl of Citrus"
Federico Fellini
Garum
Apicius
Dante's The Banquet
FUNCTIONS OF FOOD THROUGH THE CENTURIES
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Food and its Presentation in The Satyricon
In Arbiter’s The Satyricon, Volume 2, the narrator was describing the events that occurred during The Dinner of Trimalcho. There were no graphical representations of the food described in the chapters involved in the reading, but the textual descriptions were able to help paint a picture as to how the food were presented to the guests and to the host. Trimalcho was a peculiar being that seemed to be arrogant and boastful. The food he had his servants serve were exotic and complicated, and they were adorned with various items that communicate to lookers how rich Trimalcho is. An example from Chapter 31 are foods or appetizers like black and white olives, dormice, hot sausages, damson plums, and pomegranate seeds presented with a Corinthian bronze donkey statue (Arbiter, 2004). In the first place, the Corinthian bronze donkey bearing the food is already a symbol of wealth. The food, on their own, also symbolized the same thing. Black olives were regarded as symbols for sophistications before, and even now, as in our current times, black olives are ingredients for expensive pasta dishes. Further, the white olives, which are the rarest olives, are part of the ensemble, as well as rare damson plums.
The guests all seemed to be both mesmerized and confused at the selection of foods. There are some that assume that the foods are great, even though they are foreign to them, like the peahen eggs with a chick that already formed inside. The narrator seemed to be under peer press...