'Satire, Disability and the Disabled in Flavian and Trajanic Rome.'

Juvenal有句名言，翻译过来就是“身体健康，心灵健康”，这句话道出了他对读者生活的期望。然而，在这个短语中，存在着对智力和身体残疾的人的潜在边缘化，就像讽刺文学体裁中经常发生的那样。因此，《罗马讽刺》是讨论精神和身体残疾的一个有趣的案例。经典中的残障研究主要集中在历史和考古证据上，但对其在文献中的表现却鲜有系统的研究。因此，对文学提供给我们的文化表征模式的分析在很大程度上没有被古典学者触及。最近，社会和文学中非规范性机构的性别、种族和道德受到了关注。但在帝国主义和奴隶制文化背景下，身体或精神能力的重要性等话题在很大程度上被回避。本论文将研究这些文化建构所塑造的讽刺文体中残疾的表现，以阐明古代和现代对残疾本身的理解。当与残疾理论中迅速增长的学术研究一起考虑时，例如内在化能力论或“抄袭”理论，这篇论文对于促进我们在罗马对残疾的文化理解是必不可少的(例如，Campbell，2009)。为了集中讨论这篇论文，我建议对少年和武士的作品进行评价，他们都是半个世纪以来最多产的两人，具有相似的社会经济地位。这将把范围缩小到一个特定的时期、语言和一种象征着“罗马气质”的体裁。对于这篇论文，我既有必要的语言知识，也有语境知识。除了我目前的拉丁语学习，我还获得了关于希腊神话中的残疾的本科论文的第一名。我的硕士论文将通过研究Juvenal讽刺作品中对残疾的表现来进一步说明这一点。像《掌握艺术》这样的硕士模块让我接触到了跨学科研究所必需的技能，我在这方面获得了优异的成绩。诺丁汉大学的该系有学者从事健康人文项目，如古代医学(托马斯)，以及古代创伤和复原力(洛瓦特)。他们在罗马帝国的历史(马洛赫、巴克兰、克罗普)以及感官研究(布拉德利)方面也有优势。作为视障人士，我的亲身经历可以为这一研究领域带来新的理解深度。

Juvenal's famous phrase 'mens sana in corpore sano', which translates to "healthy mind in a healthy body", speaks of his wishes as to how his readers should be in life. However, within this phrase there is an underlying marginalisation of people with mental and physical disabilities, as often occurs in the genre of Satire. Therefore, Roman satire is an interesting case study for discussing mental and physical disabilities. Disability studies in Classics has focused on the historical and archaeological evidence, but there has been little systematic research into their representation in literature. Analysis of the cultural representational model which literature provides us with therefore sits largely untouched by Classics scholars. More recently, gender, race and morality of non-normative bodies in society and literature have received attention. But topics like the importance of being physically or mentally able within an imperialist and slave-using cultural context are largely avoided. This proposed thesis will investigate the representations of disabilities within the genre of satire which is shaped by these cultural constructions, in order to illuminate ancient and modern understandings of disability itself. When considered alongside the rapidly growing scholarship in disability theory, for example internalised ableism or the theory of 'cripping', this thesis is essential for furthering our cultural understanding of disability in Rome (e.g. Campbell, 2009). To focus the thesis, I propose to evaluate the writings of Juvenal and Martial, both of whom were at their most prolific within half a century of each other and were of similar socio-economic status. This will narrow the scope to a specific period, language, and a genre emblematic of "Roman-ness". I have both the necessary linguistic and contextual knowledge for this thesis. Alongside my current studies in Latin, I received a First in my undergraduate dissertation on disability in Greek mythology. My MA dissertation will further this by examining representations of disabilities in Juvenal's Satires. MA modules like 'Mastering the Arts', for which I have received Distinction class marks, have introduced me to the skills necessary for interdisciplinary research. The department at the University of Nottingham has scholars working on health humanities projects such as ancient medicine (Thomas), as well as ancient trauma and resilience (Lovatt). They also have strengths in the history of the Roman empire (Malloch, Buckland, Kropp) as well as sensory studies (Bradley). Being visually impaired myself, my personal experiences can bring a new depth of understanding to this field of study.