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2010
Martianus Capella as Apuleius' imitator? Novelistic features in De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
PETROVIĆOVÁ, KatarinaBasic information
Original name
Martianus Capella as Apuleius' imitator? Novelistic features in De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
Name in Czech
Martianus Capella jako Apuleiův imitátor? Románové vlivy v De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii
Authors
Edition
International Conference on Classical and Byzantine Literature: "Literary crossroads" 2010
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
Literature, mass media, audio-visual activities
Country of publisher
Czech Republic
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords (in Czech)
nauková literatura; antický román; Apuleius; Martianus Capella
Keywords in English
Ancient educational literature; ancient novel; Apuleius; Martianus Capella
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Změněno: 27/3/2011 17:41, doc. Mgr. Katarina Petrovićová, Ph.D.
Abstract
V originále
The work De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii by Martianus Capella has raised a number of controversial questions in the scientific discourse. The author gave his work the frame of a narrative about the marriage of the learned earthwoman Philology and the Roman god Mercury and combined an allegory with the witty Menippean Satire, whereby he eased the seriousness of his textbook, following the principle docere et delectare, but also made his text difficult to interpret. The aim of the paper is to thoroughly examine to what extent Martianus drew inspiration from Apuleius' Metamorphoses, as well as to discuss the legitimacy of religious interpretations of this encyclopedia, interpretations that are one of the results of excessive accentuation of particular novel characteristics in Martianus' work. In more general terms, the paper sheds light on the adequate generic classification of Martianus' writing that is difficult to specify by means of traditional generic criteria.
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