In a critical climate that privileges the hermeneutic position of a reader of a text over the irretrievable intentions of its author, this thesis challenges the status quo by considering the elegist Propertius as his own first reader. Through an exploration of what I have called 'mindful reading' - how Propertius appears to engage intratextually with his own poetic material, recasting parts of it lexically and thematically - alongside his interaction with the works of his peers and predecessors and wider cultural discourses, we, as readers, are able to appreciate how he may have understood aspects of his own poetry at a given moment. This particular mode of reading is encouraged, in part, by the repeated treatment of certain themes and ideas by Propertius, and, most conspicuously, by the inherently repetitive nature of the amorous discourse in which he is implicated with Cynthia. There are seven chapters. (1) A rhythm of intratextual reading is established in the generically important funerary elegies of Book I, setting this against the poet's amatory discourse. An analysis of II.i shows that mindful reading is a phenomenon that occurs between, as well as within, books. (2) Consideration is given to editorial division of the canonically named 'Book II', and the ordering of poems; the latter part of the chapter considers the important programmatic elegy, II.xiii. (3) A close reading of III.i and III.ii, and their response to Propertius' predecessors and contemporaries is considered, particularly through a (re)reading of II.xxxiv. (4) Poems treating lovers' brawls and lucubratio are discussed. (5) Propertius' engagement with Maecenas, and his continued adherence to his poetic creed are explored in III.ix and III.x. (6) The notion that Propertius appears to 'un-write' his amatory discourse with Cynthia through mindful reading in the closing cycle of Book III is treated. (7) The place of Cynthia within Book IV, and the elegist's generic explorations are explored through mindful reading.

The thesis, the topic of which is restricted to the polemical didactic poems, Apotheosis, Hamartigenia and Contra Symmachum 1-2, aims to establish the attitudes of Prudentius to the literary tradition and argues for his relationship with the Latin classical poets. Its main argument is that the hexameter poems as a group can be profitably studied from a stylistic angle, since they show how Prudentius combined, and used with innovation, the styles of several poets, namely Lucretius, Virgil and Juvenal, and in many cases engaged with the literary tradition as a whole. Chapter I surveys, as reflected in the poems, Prudentius' awareness of the political, religious and literary milieu in the Christian Empire of the West in his day. Chapter II examines how Prudentius employed the style of argument and imagery in the D.R.N. to present Christian doctrines on the body and the soul, and to reject pagan superstition. Chapter III shows how with much imagination and respect Prudentius adapted Virgil's phraseology and techniques to give new Christian interpretations of some mythical and historical themes in the Aen., such as the 'Golden Age' and the battle of Actium, and of topics on agriculture from the Georg. Chapter IV argues that, like other fourth century Christian writers, the poet entered into the spirit of Satire and alluded to Juvenal's themes and language in his treatment of the topics of sin and sexuality. Finally, in Chapter V Prudentius' adaptations of the biblical accounts in Gen. 19 and of Ps. 136 are used to demonstrate how allegory, which is a main feature of his poetry, was combined successfully with different classical techniques. In conclusion, the hexameter poems demonstrate that Prudentius did not reject classical poetry on the basis of its content, but used both its themes and poetic techniques in order to merge the ancient with the Christian literary tradition.

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Orientador: Isabella Tardin Cardoso / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T09:23:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Silva_MarianaMusadePaulae_M.pdf: 1948062 bytes, checksum: 33f6385152e545e7296c107cea7da676 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: O presente trabalho apresenta uma tradução anotada do livro V da obra Metamorfoses do poeta latino Públio Ovídio Naso, acompanhada de um estudo introdutório que versa basicamente sobre esses aspectos selecionados para nossa análise: a coesão e coerência das narrativas presentes no livro; o caráter épico, bem como as implicações desse caráter para a sua construção poética; o papel que desempenha o espaço, isto é, de que modo o cenário em que se desenrolam as histórias influencia a construção dessas narrativas; e a presença constante da metadiegesis, entendida como a reflexão que faz o vate, e as personagens a quem ele cede a voz, sobre a própria arte do fazer poético / Abstract: The current work presents an annotated translation of Ovid¿s Metamorphoses, book V, followed by an introductory study that deals with the following selected aspects: the cohesion and coherence between the narratives that constitute this book; the epic character, as well as the implications of this feature to the poetic construction of the poem; the role space plays, i.e., how the setting in which the stories take place affects the construction of these narratives; and finally, the constant presence of metadiegesis, understood as the poet¿s reflection ¿ as well as the reflection of the characters to whom he gives his voice ¿ on the art of poetry making itself / Mestrado / Linguistica / Mestre em Linguística

Orientador: Marcos Aurelio Pereira / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-13T02:58:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 CarmoNeto_JulioMariado_M.pdf: 486382 bytes, checksum: d9bf65f7ed3fb8a498a9152496dd362b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: Este trabalho versa sobre o mito de Orfeu, narrado pelo poeta romano Ovídio em sua obra as Metamorfoses. Focamo-nos no aspecto artístico dessa personagem, que freqüentemente é considerada o poeta, cantor e músico arquetípico. A seção da obra em que ela se insere como voz predominante é o livro X, do qual também propomos uma tradução, em prosa, ao final da dissertação. Nossa leitura considerou também a forma como a mesma personagem é apresentada em outro poeta romano, Virgílio, na seção final da obra Geórgicas. Como Ovídio dialoga de perto com a versão de seu antecessor, tal consideração se nos mostrou inevitável. O objetivo final é perceber a importância de se levar em conta o aspecto artístico da personagem para entendê-la no contexto do livro X das Metamorfoses, no qual Orfeu desponta como figura principal e dominante. / Abstract: This is a work on the mith of Orpheus, as narrated by the roman poet Ovid in his master piece Metamorphoses. We have focused on the artistic aspects of this character, who is often considered the archetipical poet, musician and singer. It is the dominant voice of Book 10, of which we offer a translation, in prose, at the end of this dissertation. Our readings have also taken into consideration the way this character is presented in another ronam poet, Vergil, in the final section of his work The Georgics. Considering Ovid dialogs closely to his antecessor, such consideration has presented itself unavoidable. The final goal is to aprehend the importance of taking into consideration the artistic aspects of the character in order to understand it in context of Book 10 of Metamorphoses, where Orpheus is the main dominant figure. / Mestrado / Linguistica / Mestre em Linguística

A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Arts, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. / All the poems of Catullus and Tibullus and the first three books of Horace's Odes are investigated tor structures of parallelism and inverse paralelism (chiasmus) and thus the extent to which these devices were used is determined. Such structures are demonstrated for the first time for several poems. Sometimes additions or modifications are made to the structural analyses of other scholars, and sometimes their findings are confirmed. The notion that inverse parallelism was seldom used by Roman authors is dispelled. The freedom with which these devices were used, resulting in a great variety of deviations from strictly symmetrical structures, is demonstrated Both common and idiosyncratic features in the use of the devices by the three authors are shown. Several poems of each author are discussed to illustrate that the demonstration of a structure of parallelism or inverse parallelism is in itself an interpretative act, which can at the same time serve as a basis for further interpretation. In particular it is shown that structures of inverse parallelism often, if not always, iconically reflect the meaning of the poem (hence the title of the thesis) This ability or structures of inverse parallelism to reflect the meaning of the poem may partly account for the fact that they are used more frequently than are structures of parallelism. In the poems discussed structures of inverse parallelism iconically reflect the ideas of reversal, cyclical movement, non-progression/deadlock, balance and/or contrast and enclosure, as well as combinations of the above, such as a spiral (both progression and non-progression) or the combination of reversal and nonprogression. Continuity between the structural methods of Greek and Roman authors is demonstrated, and a theoretical framework is provided, which answers the questions how such structures can be determined, and what purposes, both practical and poetic, they serve. A literary-critical awareness of inverse parallelism in Antiquity is demonstrated. St. Augustine, especially, has a fairly developed theoretical frame of reference on the subject, in his De Genest ad Litteram / Andrew Chakane 2019

This thesis examines the influence of Parthenius' doctrine of erotika pathemata on the Neoteric epyllion. His influence on Cinna has been readily acknowledged, but except for a few incidental and tentative references, little has been made of his role in determining important features of Neoteric poetry; in fact, many Leading scholars in the field fail even to mention him. A survey of the evolution of the epyllion in the Hellenistic world shows a radical transformation of the Callimachean type by Euphorion and Parthenius", in the late Alexandrian era. It is clearly the late Alexandrian epyllion that became popular with the Neoterics, as the relevant works of Catullus and, what can be conjectured about the nature of the lost Neatenc epyllia suggest. There is a marked bias towards tragic love-stories, sensational and bizarre, often metamorphic and with ample scope for emotional analysis and a subjective treatment. These features closely parallel the tenor of Parthenius', summary of 36 love-stories in the Erotika Pathemata, his only wholly extant work. While the collection was dedicated to Comelius Gallus well after most of the Neoteric epyllia were written, it is safe to assume that Parthenius preached his doctrine from the time of his arrival at Rome, as his widely acknowledged influence on Cinna's Zmyrna, perhaps the first Latin epyllion, seems to suggest. This thesis cannot pretend to defend Ross' extravagant claim that "without Parthenius' timely arrival there could have been no New Poetry"; but it can attempt to illuminate Parthenius' central role in establishing the nature of the Neoteric epyllion. This study has been undertaken, then, in the belief that Parthenius' influence on the Neoterics and on the creation of a new genre at Rome warrants closer scrutiny than has so far been attempted. Thus, it seeks to provide an alternate basis for the analysis of poems like 63 and 64, and heralds a possible shift from the emphasis on the autobiographical approach, which, though undoubtedly valid, has been belaboured in recent years to the point of excess. Abbreviated title: Erocika Pathemata and the Neoteric Epyllion. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Durban-Westville, 1996.

Orientador: Paulo Sergio de Vasconcellos / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-10T17:42:32Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Cesila_RobsonTadeu_D.pdf: 10532161 bytes, checksum: 16f113874c7d5297c0fc39d84b7ec810 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008 / Resumo: Como todo e qualquer texto, os epigramas do poeta latino Marco Valério Marcial (c. 38 d.C.- c. 104) são formados pela absorção e assimilação de outros textos, com os quais dialogam e aos quais aludem das mais diversas formas e por meio dos mais diferentes mecanismos. Tais alusões ou intertextos, ao incorporarem, aos textos de Marcial, elementos temáticos ou formais trazidos dos textos aludidos, geram novos significados nos epigramas do autor, tornando a sua leitura mais rica e instigante. Paralelamente, a leitura dos textos aludidos ¿ os modelos ¿ também é enriquecida e influenciada. Nosso recorte, no presente trabalho, contempla o estudo dos intertextos que relacionam os epigramas de Marcial com as obras dos poetas latinos Catulo, Virgílio e Ovídio, buscando mostrar como se dá a incorporação, pelo poeta de Bílbilis, dos elementos emprestados dos textos desses autores e como tais elementos enriquecem com novos sentidos a leitura de todos os textos envolvidos / Abstract: Like any text, the epigrams of the Latin poet Martial (c. A.D. 38 ¿ c. 104) are composed by the absorption and assimilation of other texts, with which they dialogue and to which they allude in very different ways and in very different mechanisms. When these allusions or intertexts incorporate into the Martial¿s texts elements of form or content brought from the texts alluded, they create new meanings in the poet¿s epigrams, so that reading grows richer and gripping. At the same time, the reading of the texts alluded ¿ the models ¿ is also enriched and influenced by the epigrams. In this thesis, we study the intertextual relationships between the Martial¿s epigrams and the works of the Latin poets Catullus, Virgil and Ovid; then, we try to show how the poet from Bilbilis incorporated into his texts borrowed material from those authors and how that material enriches the reading of all texts involved with new meaning / Doutorado / Linguistica / Doutor em Linguística

Abstracts in Afrikaans and English / Aangesien die konsep van kleur vaag en abstrak is, verskil die ervaring én beskrywing daarvan van individu tot individu en van kultuur tot kultuur. Aldus word die waarneem van kleur dikwels ʼn persoonlike en subjektiewe ervaring. In die geval van historiese tale, egter, is die uitdaging om kleurbeskrywing korrek oor te dra, nie sielkundig of esteties van aard nie, maar kultureel, aangesien daar onderliggend aan hierdie tale ʼn unieke linguistiese sisteem gekoppel is. So byvoorbeeld moet die ontleding van Latynse kleurwoorde en die toewysing van relevante betekenismoontlikhede op ʼn besondere wyse aan die Afrikaanse idioom geanker word, sonder om die uniekheid van elk van hierdie tale in te boet. Dit is gevolglik die taak van die navorser om moderne wetenskaplike beskouings oor kleuraanwending met sensitiwiteit en oordeelkundig op die antieke kleursisteme toe te pas. Die bestudering van kleur en kleurgebruik in die Oudheid was vir ʼn lang tyd in omstredenheid gehul. Navorsing in hierdie verband het aanvanklik slegs op die tegniese en argeologiese aspekte van kleurproduksie en -gebruik in die Griekse en Romeinse kuns en argitektuur gefokus. Daarenteen is teoretiese kwessies oor die funksie van kleur in die non-tegniese, estetiese letterkunde selde aangespreek, veral weens die invloed van linguisties-semantiese en kleur-psiogologiese vraagstukke. In hierdie proefskrif val die kollig op Vergilius se keuse en aanwending van dié kleurterme wat beide eksplisiet en implisiet in die Georgica voorkom. Aangesien ʼn sinvolle analise van hierdie digter se kleurgebruik nie tot die Georgica beperk kan word nie, moet die ooreenstemmende terme nie net in sy Eclogae en Aeneïs nie, maar ook in die werke van sy voorgangers, die digters Lucretius en Catullus, betrek word. Uit ʼn beperkte omvang selekteer en gebruik Vergilius kleurwoorde met ʼn delikate presisie van betekenis. Hoewel die stelselmatige ontleding van hierdie terme se betekenismoontlikhede kontekstueel beperk is, toon hierdie benadering in watter mate Vergilius innoverend en verbeeldingryk voorkom. Hierdie inligting dien vervolgens as parateks vir die studie wat volg: Vergilius se gebruik van kleurterme deur die verloop van die vier boeke van die Georgica met die fokus op die letterkundige impak en literêre effekte wat deurgaans as ‘eg Vergiliaans’ beoordeel kan word. . Sou hierdie kleurterme geïgnoreer of net nie raakgelees word nie, kan die leser nie daarop aanspraak maak dat die Georgica waarlik verstaan word nie. Dit is dus die doel van hierdie navorsing om die leser toe te rus met middele tot die vind van ʼn dieper insig in en groter waardering vir hierdie werk as uitnemende poësie. / Since the concept of colour is vague and abstract, the perception of colour differs from individual to individual and from culture to culture to become a highly personal and subjective experience. In the case of historical languages, however, the description of colour is challenging. Conveying colour description correctly is not a psychological or aesthetic exercise, but cultural, as each language has a unique underlying linguistic sensitivity. Consequently, in this dissertation which is written in Afrikaans, the analysis of Latin colour words must be anchored to the Afrikaans idiom in such a unique way as not to detract from the differences in cultural feel between these two languages. Therefore, and in spite of obvious differences, it is the task of the researcher to apply modern scientific views discerningly and sensitively to any ancient colour system. The study of colour and its application in antiquity has long been controversial. Initially research on these aspects of Greek and Roman societies focused only on the technical and archaeological aspects of colour production and its application in their art and architecture. In the wide array of theories regarding linguistic-semantic issues, colour-psychology and also colour aesthetics, theoretical issues regarding the function of colour in non-technical (‘literary’) works were rarely addressed, This dissertation focuses on those colour terms which Vergil uses both explicitly and implicitly in the Georgica. A meaningful analysis of this poet's use of colour must of necessity also include the application of the corresponding terms in his Eclogae and Aeneid, as well as those in the works of his poetic predecessors, Lucretius and Catullus. Selected from a limited range, Vergil applies colour words with a delicate precision of meaning. Although the systematic analysis of these words indicates a range of meaning which can be contextually limited, this approach highlights Vergil’s innovative and imaginative use of colour. With these findings as basis the focus shifts to the consecutive use of colour terms throughout the four books to indicate extraordinary and innovative literary effects which can only be described as ‘thoroughly Vergilian’. If these colour strategies were to escape the reader’s attention, it would result in a poorer understanding of the poem. It is therefore the purpose of this research to equip readers with strategies that will lead to a greater appreciation of the Georgics as exceptional poetry. / Classics and World Languages / D. Litt. et Phil. (Klassieke Studies)

Orientador: Paulo Sergio de Vasconcellos / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Estudos da Linguagem / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-08T03:30:06Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bem_LucyAnade_M.pdf: 1381102 bytes, checksum: 5c9a54105f6fd8923369f803a7e85cbd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007 / Resumo: Este trabalho de pós-graduação propõe a tradução latina-portuguesa e a análise lingüística e literária do livro I d¿Os Amores de Ovídio. Essa análise visa principalmente o(s) discurso(s) que compõem o volumen: acreditamos que o discurso elegíaco, típico da poesia amorosa da época de Augusto, seja em si mesmo um lugar de encontro e confronto de diversos discursos, entre eles o épico (o bélico), o cômico, o amoroso e o trágico. Através de nossa análise, demonstramos que Ovídio deixou manifesta essa mistura discursiva, tão própria da elegia em seus Amores ¿ a todo o momento vemos que, para o poeta, o amor e a guerra constituem milícias importantes, ora distintas, ora semelhantes. Dessa forma, podemos entender que o poeta, através de sua postura n¿Os Amores, tenta valorizar aquele que se dedicava ao amor (entenda-se a poesia amorosa) em vez dos assuntos militares e da vida pública. Podemos dizer, também, que o(s) discurso(s) que ele utiliza para compor Os Amores revelam o quanto a vida militar (e sua violência peculiar) e seu discurso se encontravam presentes nas mais distintas esferas da vida romana. Finalmente, também podemos dizer que essa obra demonstra, claramente, que nenhum discurso é isolado em si mesmo, mas que é permeado por muitos gêneros e tipos de discursos / Abstract: This post-graduating work proposes the translation from Latin to Portuguese and the linguistic and literary analysis of the book one from Ovid¿s Loves. This analysis aims, especially at discourses that integrate the volumen: we believe that the elegiac discourse, typical of the love poetry of Augustan age, is in itself a point of meeting and confrontation of many other discourses, and among them, the epic (warlike), the comic, the love and the tragic discourses. Through our analysis, we demonstrate that Ovid let evident this blend of speeches, so usual in the elegy of his Amores ¿ all the time we can see that, for the poet himself, love and war are significant armies, sometimes distinct, sometimes similar. Thus, we can see that the poet, in the posture his persona adopts in the Loves, tries to valorize that one who dedicates himself to love (and to the poetry of love) instead of military matters and public life. We also can say that the discourses in the Loves show how the military life (and the violence inherent to it) and his peculiar speech were present in the most distinct areas of private life from the Roman Empire. At last, we can also say that this work shows, clearly, that no speech is isolated in itself, but that it is permeated by a lot of genres and types of discourses / Mestrado / Mestre em Linguística