D.Litt. et Phil. / Taking Golden Age Latin lyric poetry as a model for the genre, Prudentius' hymns in the Liber Cathemerinon are comparatively long. Since they were apparently not written for practical church liturgy and consequently lacked a religious ceremony which could provide unity, it is an open question whether Prudentius succeeded in each individual hymn in developing a coherent train of thought which resulted in a definite structure. The problem becomes more complicated when one considers that the poet employs a variety of Biblical motifs in his hymns which might lead to fragmentation of the line of thought ...
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:14223 |
| Date | 07 October 2015 |
| Creators | Cilliers, Johannes Francois Grobbelaar |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | University of Johannesburg |
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