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Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos

2022-07-04 Literary Criticism
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Download or read book Silius Italicus and the Tradition of the Roman Historical Epos written by . This book was released on 2022-07-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this volume is to study Silius’ poem as an important step in the development of the Roman historical epic tradition. The Punica is analyzed as transitional segment between the beginnings of Roman literature in the Republican age (Naevius and Ennius) and Claudian’s panegyrical epic in late antiquity, shedding light on its ‘inclusiveness’ and its peculiar, internal dialectic between antiquarian taste and problematic actualization. This is an innovative attempt to connect epic poems and authors belonging to different ages, to frame the development of the literary genre, according to its specific aims and interests throughout the centuries.

Narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica

2023-11-13 Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica by : Pieter Van Den Broek

Download or read book Narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica written by Pieter Van Den Broek. This book was released on 2023-11-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study investigates the role of embedded narratives in Silius Italicus’ Punica, an epic from the late first century AD on the Second Punic War (218–202 BC). At first sight, these narratives seem to be loosely ‘embedded’ in the epic, having their own plot and being situated in a different time or place than the main narrative. A closer look reveals, however, that they foreshadow or recall elements that are found elsewhere in the epic. In this way, they serve as ‘mirrors’ of the main narrative. The larger part of this book consists of four detailed case studies.

Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature

2023-08-07 Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature by : Angeliki-Nektaria Roumpou

Download or read book Ritual and the Poetics of Closure in Flavian Literature written by Angeliki-Nektaria Roumpou. This book was released on 2023-08-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers responds to the question of whether a ritual at the end of a text can offer resolution and order or rather a complicated kind of closure. It reveals that ritual can bring but also can thwart closure by alluding to new beginnings. A ritual could be a perfect kind of ending but it hardly ever seems to be. In Flavian literature this is even more apparent because of the complicated political background under which these texts were produced. Ancient religious practices in the closing sections of Flavian texts help us create connections between endings and (new) beginnings, order and disorder, binding and loosening, structure and dissolution which reflects the structure of the Empire in Flavian Rome. Overall, this volume offers a new tool for studying literary endings through ritual, which promotes our understanding of Flavian culture and politics as well as creating a new perception of the use of religion and ritual in Flavian literature: instead of giving a sense of closure, this volume argues that ritual is a medium to increase complexity, to expose ritual actors and to project a generic riskiness of ritual actors also onto the epic actors who are acting before and mostly after a ritual scene.

Dynamics Of Marginality

2023-04-27 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2023-04-27
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Book Synopsis Dynamics Of Marginality by : Konstantinos Arampapaslis

Download or read book Dynamics Of Marginality written by Konstantinos Arampapaslis. This book was released on 2023-04-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the theme of marginality in the literature and history of the Neronian and Flavian periods. As a concept of modern criticism, the term marginality has been applied to the connection between the uprooted experience of immigrant communities and the subsequent diasporas these groups formed in their new homes. The concept also covers individuals or groups who were barred from access to resources and equal opportunities based on their deviation from a "normal" or dominant culture or ideology. From a literary vantage point, we are interested in the voices of "marginal," or underappreciated authors and critical voices. The distinction between marginalia and "the" text is often nebulous, with marginal comments making their way into the paradosis and being regarded, in modern criticism, as important sources of information in their own right. The analysis of relevant passages from various authors including Lucan, Petronius, Persius, Philo of Alexandria, Pliny the Elder, Silius Italicus, and Statius, as well as the Moretum of the Appendix Vergiliana is vital for our understanding of the treatment of marginalized people in various literary genres in relation to each one’s different purposes.

The Hero's Life Choice. Studies on Heracles at the Crossroads, the Judgement of Paris, and Their Reception

2023-09-04 Literary Criticism
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Book Synopsis The Hero's Life Choice. Studies on Heracles at the Crossroads, the Judgement of Paris, and Their Reception by : Malcolm Davies

Download or read book The Hero's Life Choice. Studies on Heracles at the Crossroads, the Judgement of Paris, and Their Reception written by Malcolm Davies. This book was released on 2023-09-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two allegorical ancient Greek stories about a young hero’s career- defining choice are shown in this book to have later been appropriated to radically differing effects. E.g. a male’s choice between female personifications can morph into a female’s choice between the same, or between various male personifications. Never before have so many instances of this process from art, literature, music, even landscape gardening, been culled. Illustrations, mainly colour, many brought into this context for the first time, are conveniently incorporated into the text, thus mimetically mirroring a central theme of the book, the process of ‘visualising the verbal, verbalising the visual.’

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