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treinta y uno). Un estudioso que quiera abordar cualquier tópico o motivo erótico del epigrama griego antiguo (que los hay abundantemente) tiene aquí el corpus adecuado para comenzar su investigación. Son muchos los méritos que atesora... more
treinta y uno). Un estudioso que quiera abordar cualquier tópico o motivo erótico del epigrama griego antiguo (que los hay abundantemente) tiene aquí el corpus adecuado para comenzar su investigación. Son muchos los méritos que atesora esta Antología, empezando por el bien cuidado texto griego y su esmerada y fiel traducción española, fácilmente asequible para cualquier lector no versado en las lenguas clásicas. Pero aquí encontramos también fragmentos poco conocidos o casi desconocidos de líricos arcaicos, como el recientemente descubierto de Safo (Pap. 2135), que por primera vez se publica en España con su correspondiente traducción castellana. También de Arquíloco y Mimnermo y textos papiráceos helenísticos se incluyen fragmentos poco conocidos. Capítulo aparte, que merece nuestro elogio, es el de las notas a pie de página (unas quinientas treinta) que acompañan a la traducción. Son notas propias de un filólogo buen conocedor de la materia que maneja: además de las explicaciones ...
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By analysing three paradigmatic passages, this paper explores how Prudentius uses classical love motifs and imagery not only to lambast paganism, but also as a powerful rhetorical tool to convey his Christian message. The ‘fire of love’... more
By analysing three paradigmatic passages, this paper explores how Prudentius uses classical love motifs and imagery not only to lambast paganism, but also as a powerful rhetorical tool to convey his Christian message. The ‘fire of love’ imagery is conspicuous inPsychomachia53–57, which wittily blends Christian and erotic language. In an entirely different context (C. Symm.2.1071–1085), theflamma amorisis also fully exploited to depict lustful young Vestal Virgins, in combination with other classical metaphors of passion, such as the ‘wound of love’ and thesigna amoris. Additionally, the contrast between heat and cold is a central element in the description of the Vestals’ tardy nuptials, redolent of classical satirical portraits ofvetulae libidinosae. Finally, inHamartigenia628–636 the relationship between the soul and God draws from a Christian tradition of bridal (and coital) representation, but the lapse into sin is portrayed as the love triangle, typical of the Latin love elegy....
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Home Game of Thrones - A View from the Humanities Vol. 1 Chapter Reflections on Time, Space and Culture in Game of Thrones Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio, Fernando Lozano, Rosario Moreno Soldevila & Cristina Rosillo-López Chapter First... more
Home Game of Thrones - A View from the Humanities Vol. 1 Chapter Reflections on Time, Space and Culture in Game of Thrones Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio, Fernando Lozano, Rosario Moreno Soldevila & Cristina Rosillo-López Chapter First Online: 21 March 2023 60 Accesses Abstract This introductory chapter reflects on the time, space, and culture of the Game of Thrones universe. It points out that one of the aspects to which the saga owes most of its success and appeal is precisely Martin’s creative process, namely, how he has designed, structured, developed, and made plausible his fantasy world. Game of Thrones is analysed here as a complex, eclectic, and pulp-type universe that borrows from many historical periods, geographical areas, and characters to build a credible world. Furthermore, this paper reflects on how the thought-provoking and courageous eclecticism of Martin’s inspirations generates a profusion of references masterfully linked and framed in the same spatiotemporal and geographical context. Martin created a plausible, but at the same time fantasy, world. Additionally, the impact of the saga is assessed, by presenting the main facts and figures of this amazing achievement that has turned Game of Thrones into an authentic global phenomenon. A Álvarez-Ossorio, F Lozano, R Moreno Soldevila, C Rosillo-López , 1-18
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This introductory chapter reflects on the characters that populate the Game of Thrones universe and on violence and warfare in the saga. It presents briefly Martin’s characters as one of the mainstays and inducements of both the novels... more
This introductory chapter reflects on the characters that populate the Game of Thrones universe and on violence and warfare in the saga. It presents briefly Martin’s characters as one of the mainstays and inducements of both the novels and the TV series, especially because the author has peopled his universe with complex, three-dimensional individuals. It also assesses the uses and presence of violence and war. This chapter also highlights how modern fantasy, and in particular Martin’s work, has the ability to combine very different aesthetic elements, including the strong influence of Graeco-Roman culture, with a view to creating a surprising product that challenges the preconceptions of readers—and viewers—while including recognisable cultural references.
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[Resumen] Este artículo analiza la recepción clásica en dos novelas de Don Winslow, City on Fire (2022) y City of Dreams (2023), en el marco de la creciente corriente de reescrituras noveladas de la épica grecolatina de temática troyana.... more
[Resumen] Este artículo analiza la recepción clásica en dos novelas de Don Winslow, City on Fire (2022) y City of Dreams (2023), en el marco de la creciente corriente de reescrituras noveladas de la épica grecolatina de temática troyana. Se abordan las distintas técnicas de adaptación del material mítico y literario, con énfasis sobre la urdimbre de actantes que las componen y sus niveles de lectura. Como corolario, se estudia la complejidad metafictiva desplegada especialmente en City of Dreams, fundamentalmente en relación con la Eneida. Finalmente, recaba atención crítica minuciosa la transposición de la historia de Dido y Eneas. Mediante la resignificación de mitos antiguos y modernos, esta saga ofrece una profunda reflexión sobre los vectores de la cultura occidental, la existencia humana y la propia literatura. [ABSTRACT] This article analyses Don Winslow’s novels City on Fire (2022) and City of Dreams (2023) against the backdrop of the contemporary profusion of Trojan-themed narratives rewriting the Greco-Roman epic tradition. Critical emphasis is placed on the techniques employed to reposition and interweave the mythic material, their actants and reading strata. As a corollary, close attention is paid to the complex metafictional negotiation mainly executed in City of Dreams, especially in relation to the Aeneid, while critically scrutinising the transposition of the love affair between Dido and Aeneas. By resignifying ancient and modern myths, this saga offers a profound reflection on the vectors of Western culture, human existence and literature itself.Keywords: Don Winslow; City on Fire; City of Dreams; Greco-Roman epic; metafiction; clas-sical reception.
Research Interests: American Literature, Irish Studies, Crime fiction, Metafiction, Classical Reception Studies, and 15 moreEstudios de Género, Hamlet, Mitocrítica, Iliad, Novela Negra, James Joyce's Ulysses, The Odyssey, Dido and Aeneas, Literatura norteamericana, Virgil's Aeneid, Estudios de Recepción, Demythologizing, US history and mythology, Don Winslow, and Reescrituras femeninas contemporáneas
Este artículo ofrece un panorama de las reescrituras actuales de autoría femenina de la Ilíada, la Odisea y la Eneida. Llama la atención la mera eclosión de novelas que se han publicado en el siglo XXI en torno a esta temática, en el... more
Este artículo ofrece un panorama de las reescrituras actuales de autoría femenina de la Ilíada, la Odisea y la Eneida. Llama la atención la mera eclosión de novelas que se han publicado en el siglo XXI en torno a esta temática, en el marco más general de las reescrituras de los clásicos (especialmente, aunque no exclusivamente, en el mundo anglófono), así como su variedad genérica y creativa. Este estudio traza sucintamente las líneas de evolución de este fenómeno, ofrece diferentes posibilidades de exploración crítica y analiza características clave de estas novelas, reflexionando sobre los factores que han propiciado esta tendencia literaria en creciente expansión. This paper overviews contemporary female-authored rewritings of the Iliad, the Odyssey and the Aeneid. In the 21st century, there has been a noticeable explosion of Trojan-themed novels (especially but not exclusively in the English-speaking world), within the more general framework of retellings of the classics; noteworthy is also their generic and creative variety. This study succinctly traces the lines of evolution of this phenomenon, provides different possibilities for critical exploration and analyses some key characteristics of these narratives, while reflecting on the factors that have led to this expanding literary trend.
Research Interests: Aeneid, Classical Reception Studies, Margaret Atwood, Margaret Drabble, Feminist Myth Rewriting, and 15 moreOdyssey, Pat Barker, Iliad, Gender and Women's Studies, Narrativa Española Contemporánea, Contemporary Women's Writing, Ali Smith, Trojan War, Estudios de Recepción, Postmodern Rewritings of Classics, Elizabeth Cook , Reescrituras femeninas contemporáneas, Emily Hauser, Natalie Haynes, and Jennifer Saint
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In line with some recent studies, this paper analyses a passage from Prudentius’s Cathemerinon (4.16-18) illustrating the blending of the religious and the erotic: the metaphor of entering the heart, together with the image of drinking... more
In line with some recent studies, this paper analyses a passage from Prudentius’s Cathemerinon (4.16-18) illustrating the blending of the religious and the erotic: the metaphor of entering the heart, together with the image of drinking and the allusion to marrow are reminiscent of passages describing love in pagan poetry. Prudentius masterfully alters and combines these powerful images with biblical echoes, adapting them to such an extent that these implications are usually overlooked by most translators and commentators.
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This article investigates Irene Vallejo’s 2015 novel El silbido del arquero, a narrative in the Virgilian tradition mostly inspired by Book IV of the Aeneid. We show how Vallejo reinterprets Dido and Aeneas’s tragic love story by... more
This article investigates Irene Vallejo’s 2015 novel El silbido del arquero, a narrative in the Virgilian tradition mostly inspired by Book IV of the Aeneid. We show how Vallejo reinterprets Dido and Aeneas’s tragic love story by foregrounding minor characters, developing the setting, integrating popular subgenres and exploring communicative anxieties and gender issues. It is argued that patterns of dissatisfaction, self-delusion and disillusionment with human affairs ultimately collide with a message of hope voiced by the fictionalised Virgil.
Research Interests: Comparative Literature, Reception Studies, Literature, Classical Reception Studies, Women and Gender Studies, and 15 moreVirgil, Literatura española e hispanoamericana, Contemporary Women's Writing, Contemporary Spanish Novel, Dido and Aeneas, Virgilio, Estudios de Recepción, The Aeneid, Virgil and the Aeneid, Irene Vallejo, Classical reimaginings, El silbido del arquero, Reescrituras femeninas contemporáneas, Narratives of contagion, and Dido y Eneas
En este trabajo se estudian de manera comparada dos novelas contemporáneas que recrean la Eneida de Virgilio: Lavinia, de Ursula K. Le Guin, y El silbido del arquero, de Irene Vallejo. En ellas Lavinia y Ana, personajes femeninos... more
En este trabajo se estudian de manera comparada dos novelas contemporáneas que recrean la Eneida de Virgilio: Lavinia, de Ursula K. Le Guin, y El silbido del arquero, de Irene Vallejo. En ellas Lavinia y Ana, personajes femeninos secundarios en el poema épico, se hallan interconectadas con el personaje de Virgilio, la primera mediante el diálogo directo y la conciencia de su propia naturaleza fictiva, y a través de la caracterización y la intratextualidad la segunda. Ambas protagonistas comparten su carácter liminal: viven a caballo entre distintos mundos, la infancia y la edad adulta, los poderosos y los humildes, el palacio y la naturaleza, lo divino y lo humano, la vida y la muerte. Su historia es y no es la que cuenta la Eneida. Su identidad metafictiva y liminal las convierte en vehículos para la reflexión sobre la creación poética virgiliana, tema central de estas novelas. *****
This paper is a comparative study of two contemporary novels which rewrite Virgil’s
Aeneid: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lavinia and Irene Vallejo’s El silbido del arquero. Two secondary female characters in the epic poem, Lavinia and Anna, are closely related to Virgil’s presence as a character through Lavinia’s direct dialogues with him and her metafictional self-awareness, and, in the case of Ana, in terms of characterisation and intratextuality. Both protagonists are liminal figures: they live on the borderline between different worlds, childhood and adulthood, the powerful and the lowly, palace life and nature, the divine and the human, life and death. Their stories are simultaneously told and untold in the Aeneid. Their metafictional and liminal identity turns them into vehicles for a meditation on Virgil’s poetic creation, a key element to these narratives.
This paper is a comparative study of two contemporary novels which rewrite Virgil’s
Aeneid: Ursula K. Le Guin’s Lavinia and Irene Vallejo’s El silbido del arquero. Two secondary female characters in the epic poem, Lavinia and Anna, are closely related to Virgil’s presence as a character through Lavinia’s direct dialogues with him and her metafictional self-awareness, and, in the case of Ana, in terms of characterisation and intratextuality. Both protagonists are liminal figures: they live on the borderline between different worlds, childhood and adulthood, the powerful and the lowly, palace life and nature, the divine and the human, life and death. Their stories are simultaneously told and untold in the Aeneid. Their metafictional and liminal identity turns them into vehicles for a meditation on Virgil’s poetic creation, a key element to these narratives.
Research Interests: Comparative Literature, Disability and Illness in Literature, Metafiction, Classical Reception Studies, Ursula K. Le Guin, and 14 moreSpeculative Fiction, Literatura Comparada (Comparative Literature), Literatura española e hispanoamericana, Contemporary Women's Writing, Lavinia, Contemporary Spanish Novel, Dido and Aeneas, Virgil's Aeneid, Retellings of Mythology, Liminality In Literature, Recepción clásica, Guerra de Troya, Irene Vallejo, and El silbido del arquero
By analysing three paradigmatic passages, this paper explores how Prudentius uses classical love motifs and imagery not only to lambast paganism, but also as a powerful rhetorical tool to convey his Christian message. The ‘fire of love’... more
By analysing three paradigmatic passages, this paper explores how Prudentius uses classical love motifs and imagery not only to lambast paganism, but also as a powerful rhetorical tool to convey his Christian message. The ‘fire of love’ imagery is conspicuous in Psychomachia 53–57, which wittily blends Christian and erotic language. In an entirely different context (C. Symm. 2.1071–1085), the flamma amoris is also fully exploited to depict lustful young Vestal Virgins, in combination with other classical metaphors of passion, such as the ‘wound of love’ and the signa amoris. Additionally, the contrast between heat and cold is a central element in the description of the Vestals’ tardy nuptials, redolent of classical satirical portraits of vetulae libidinosae. Finally, in Hamartigenia 628–636 the relationship between the soul and God draws from a Christian tradition of bridal (and coital) representation, but the lapse into sin is portrayed as the love triangle, typical of the Latin love elegy. These examples illustrate how Prudentius creatively and consciously frames love and
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Propuesta de interpretación erótica de varios epigramas de los Xenia de Marcial, fundamentalmente 13.25, 13.66 y 13.67, que se comentan a la luz de la literatura amatoria. En todos estos poemas se relaciona un alimento con la incapacidad... more
Propuesta de interpretación erótica de varios epigramas de los Xenia de Marcial, fundamentalmente 13.25, 13.66 y 13.67, que se comentan a la luz de la literatura amatoria. En todos estos poemas se relaciona un alimento con la incapacidad de consumar el acto sexual y resulta significativo el uso de lenguaje religioso aplicado al ámbito de la sexualidad. Se comentan igualmente dos adivinanzas de la Anthologia Latina de Riese en las que los objetos adoptan la voz de una puella que describe sus cualidades naturales en términos amatorios, sobre todo relacionados con la virginidad y la violación.
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Estudio de la recreación de motivos amatorios clásicos en los Parentalia de Ausonio, fundamentalmente en los poemas 2 y 9, dedicados a su madre y esposa respectivamente.
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En este artículo se analizan los motivos amatorios presentes en las Églogas de Nemesiano y se comparan con la configuración de estos tópicos en la literatura latina anterior, con el fin de calibrar en su justa medida las innovaciones de... more
En este artículo se analizan los motivos amatorios presentes en las Églogas de Nemesiano y se comparan con la configuración de estos tópicos en la literatura latina anterior, con el fin de calibrar en su justa medida las innovaciones de este poeta tardío y comprender la trabazón interna del corpus y su relación con la tradición literaria de temática amatoria.
This paper analyses the love motifs in Nemesianus’ Eclogues, comparing them with their configurarion in previous Latin literature, in order to gauge the innovations of this late Latin poet and to comprehend the interwoven inner structure of the corpus and its relationship with the love literary tradition.
This paper analyses the love motifs in Nemesianus’ Eclogues, comparing them with their configurarion in previous Latin literature, in order to gauge the innovations of this late Latin poet and to comprehend the interwoven inner structure of the corpus and its relationship with the love literary tradition.
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This paper is conceived as an addendum to the Diccionario de Motivos Amatorios en la Literatura Latina (ss. III a.C.-II d.C.) and it surveys the motif of silence in love Latin poetry from Catullus to Late Antiquity. On the one hand, it... more
This paper is conceived as an addendum to the Diccionario de Motivos Amatorios en la Literatura Latina (ss. III a.C.-II d.C.) and it surveys the motif of silence in love Latin poetry from Catullus to Late Antiquity. On the one hand, it analyses silence as an “absence of noise” in different contexts: night silence, silence in nature, silence and solitude, and the contrast between external quiet and the lover’s internal turmoil. On the other hand, it explores the different literary usages of silence as an “absence of speech”: it can be a symptom of love, a strategy of seduction or a sign of indifference, lack of passion, self-control or oblivion; silence can also be the result of unspeakable feelings, shame, grief or fear; victims and witnesses of sex abuse are silenced because they are traumatised, mutilated or metamorphosed. Finally, the relationship between silence, bragging and sex is also investigated in humorous contexts.
KEY WORDS: Silence in literature, love motifs, silentium, silencing, speech loss, speechlessness.
KEY WORDS: Silence in literature, love motifs, silentium, silencing, speech loss, speechlessness.
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"Cronacha" of the International Conference: Ideas e imágenes sobre el amor en la poesía latina tardía
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Martial spect. 10 is based on a capital punishment staged as a mythological spectacle. on the one hand, this paper analyses the literary – and possibly political – significance of the myth in the light of the Latin literary tradition; on... more
Martial spect. 10 is based on a capital punishment staged as a mythological spectacle. on the one hand, this paper analyses the literary – and possibly political – significance
of the myth in the light of the Latin literary tradition; on the other hand, it explores the likely presence of a proverb in the pentameter that could add a further gnomic meaning to the epigram as a whole, thus complementing other traditional scholarly interpretations.
Keywords: Martial, roman spectacles, Liber spectaculorum, Daedalus, proverbs in literature.
of the myth in the light of the Latin literary tradition; on the other hand, it explores the likely presence of a proverb in the pentameter that could add a further gnomic meaning to the epigram as a whole, thus complementing other traditional scholarly interpretations.
Keywords: Martial, roman spectacles, Liber spectaculorum, Daedalus, proverbs in literature.
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Resumen La consistente caracterización de los personajes de Marcial en epigramas de contenido sexual permite una interpretación en clave erótica de III 89 (relacionado con la pedicatio ) y de XI 40 (relacionado con la impotencia y el... more
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La consistente caracterización de los personajes de Marcial en epigramas de contenido sexual permite una interpretación en clave erótica de III 89 (relacionado con la pedicatio ) y de XI 40 (relacionado con la impotencia y el alquiler de una prostituta).
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Marcial; epigramas; caracterización; humor en la literatura; prácticas sexuales; pedicatio; irrumatio; impotencia; Febo; Luperco
La consistente caracterización de los personajes de Marcial en epigramas de contenido sexual permite una interpretación en clave erótica de III 89 (relacionado con la pedicatio ) y de XI 40 (relacionado con la impotencia y el alquiler de una prostituta).
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Marcial; epigramas; caracterización; humor en la literatura; prácticas sexuales; pedicatio; irrumatio; impotencia; Febo; Luperco
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This paper offers arguments for a comprehensive interpretation of Mart. Spect. 18 and 19 as totally independent epigrams: Spect. 18 describes an animal fight and is structurally a complete poem; Spect. 19 refers to a fight between a man... more
This paper offers arguments for a comprehensive interpretation of Mart.
Spect. 18 and 19 as totally independent epigrams: Spect. 18 describes an animal fight and is structurally a complete poem; Spect. 19 refers to a fight between a man and a bull, a damnatio ad bestias staged as a mythological story. They may not refer to the same spectacle, having nonetheless something in common: their respective protagonists (bull and man) are tossed up in the air by their opponents. Martial describes these events in a witty and enigmatic way, not without a sense of humour.
Spect. 18 and 19 as totally independent epigrams: Spect. 18 describes an animal fight and is structurally a complete poem; Spect. 19 refers to a fight between a man and a bull, a damnatio ad bestias staged as a mythological story. They may not refer to the same spectacle, having nonetheless something in common: their respective protagonists (bull and man) are tossed up in the air by their opponents. Martial describes these events in a witty and enigmatic way, not without a sense of humour.
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En este trabajo se estudia la centralidad del motivo amatorio del lecho conyugal en el poema anónimo Alcestis Barcinonensis, a la luz de lo cual se ofrecen dos nuevas interpretaciones de los versos 21-22 y 83-85. En el primer pasaje,... more
En este trabajo se estudia la centralidad del motivo amatorio del lecho conyugal en el poema anónimo Alcestis Barcinonensis, a la luz de lo cual se ofrecen dos nuevas interpretaciones de los versos 21-22 y 83-85. En el primer pasaje, beato … toro ha de interpretarse como una sutil alusión al amor conyugal, tema central del poema; en el segundo, uestigia alude a un conocido motivo literario relacionado con el lecho de amor y permite una interpretación más certera de la petición de fidelidad post mortem que hace Alcestis a su marido.
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The motif of spiritual grief in Hrotsvit’s legends and dramas is consistent with Christian Medieval thought, but she makes the most of it both in order to highlight characterization and to endow her work with structural cohesion,... more
The motif of spiritual grief in Hrotsvit’s legends and dramas is consistent with Christian Medieval thought, but she makes the most of it both in order to highlight characterization and to endow her work with structural cohesion, as well as to enhance its didactic and moral value.
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Se estudia el uso que hace Marcial de una tecnica de ordenacion de los epigramas consistente en la yuxtaposicion de composiciones aparentemente dispares en tono y contenido pero que tienen llamativos ecos lexicos entre si. Se ponen como... more
Se estudia el uso que hace Marcial de una tecnica de ordenacion de los epigramas consistente en la yuxtaposicion de composiciones aparentemente dispares en tono y contenido pero que tienen llamativos ecos lexicos entre si. Se ponen como ejemplo dos pares de epigramas del libro IV (18 y 19; 32 y 33), a la luz de cuyo analisis conjunto se aportan nuevas posibilidades de interpretacion, no solo en lo que respecta a estos poemas en particular, sino tambien, en sentido mas amplio, a la plasmacion de las concepciones esteticas del poeta.
These pages encompass the manifold implications of Martial IV 22, both in the light of the whole book IV and its Ovidian reminiscences. Whereas the influence of Ovid's tale of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus on this passage has been widely... more
These pages encompass the manifold implications of Martial IV 22, both in the light of the whole book IV and its Ovidian reminiscences. Whereas the influence of Ovid's tale of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus on this passage has been widely recognised, not enough attention has been paid to the echoes of the Latin love elegy. The elegiac conventions in the erotic field colour a new reading of this epigram.
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By comparing and analysing several passages of Avitus' Poematum de mosaicae historiae gestis liber secundus and the anonymous Old English poem Genesis B, this paper seeks to illustrate a perceptible literary influence of the former on the... more
By comparing and analysing several passages of Avitus' Poematum de mosaicae historiae gestis liber secundus and the anonymous Old English poem Genesis B, this paper seeks to illustrate a perceptible literary influence of the former on the Mediaeval poem, while stressing each text's particular features and intrinsic value as literary variations on Biblical poetic material.
Building on the light cast by a critical analysis of the woman-disguised-as-man dramatic convention in a comparative approach encompassing its use by Shakespeare and Lope de Vega, this paper focuses on how subtle implications emerging... more
Building on the light cast by a critical analysis of the woman-disguised-as-man dramatic convention in a comparative approach encompassing its use by Shakespeare and Lope de Vega, this paper focuses on how subtle implications emerging from the differences and similarities in the realisation of this motif may act as a reflection of the dramatic and social ethos of both national theatres.
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Integration is a buzzword in the 21st century. However, academics still do not agree on its meaning and, above all, on its consequences. This book o fers numerous examples showing that the inhabitants of the Roman Mediterranean were... more
Integration is a buzzword in the 21st century. However, academics still do not agree on its meaning and, above all, on its consequences. This book o fers numerous examples showing that the inhabitants of the Roman Mediterranean were â€oeintegrated†, i.e. were aware of the existence of a common framework of coexistence, without this necessarily resulting in a process of cultural convergence. For instance, the Spanish poet Martial explicitly refused to be considered the brother of the Greek Charmenion (10.65): paradoxically, while rea rming their di ferences, his satirical epigram con rms the existence of a common frame of reference that encompassed them both. Understanding integration in the Roman world requires paying attention to the complex and varied responses to diversity in Roman times.
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Analyses the Game of Thrones universe from different academic perspectives Broadens the understanding of the Game of Thrones universe, focusing on nature, landscape, and culture Brings the humanities to the fore in comprehending Game of... more
Analyses the Game of Thrones universe from different academic perspectives
Broadens the understanding of the Game of Thrones universe, focusing on nature, landscape, and culture
Brings the humanities to the fore in comprehending Game of Thrones
Broadens the understanding of the Game of Thrones universe, focusing on nature, landscape, and culture
Brings the humanities to the fore in comprehending Game of Thrones
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This book focuses on the characters that populate the Game of Thrones universe and on one of the most salient features of their interaction: violence and warfare. It analyses these questions from a multidisciplinary perspective that is... more
This book focuses on the characters that populate the Game of Thrones universe and on one of the most salient features of their interaction: violence and warfare. It analyses these questions from a multidisciplinary perspective that is chiefly based on Classical Studies. The book is divided into two sections. The first section explores Martin’s characters as the mainstay of both the novels and the TV series, since the author has peopled his universe with three-dimensional intriguing characters that resonate with the reader/audience. The second section is devoted to violence and warfare, both pervasive in the Game of Thrones universe. In particular, the TV series’ depiction of violence is explicit, going beyond the limits that have seldom been traversed in primetime television i.e. the execution of Ned Stark, the “Red Wedding” and “Battle of the Bastards”. In the Game of Thrones universe, violence is not only restricted to warfare but is an everyday occurrence, a result of the social and gender inequalities characterising the world created by Martin.
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A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams is the first dictionary of all the characters and personal names found in the work of Marcus Valerius Martialis, containing nearly 1,000 comprehensive entries. Each of them compiles and analyses all... more
A Prosopography to Martial’s Epigrams is the first dictionary of all the characters and personal names found in the work of Marcus Valerius Martialis, containing nearly 1,000 comprehensive entries. Each of them compiles and analyses all the relevant information regarding the characters themselves, as well as the literary implications of their presence in Martial’s poems. Unlike other works of this kind, the book encompasses not only real people, whose positive existence is beyond doubt, but also fictional characters invented by the poet or inherited from the cultural and literary tradition. Its entries provide the passages of the epigrams where the respective characters appear; the general category to which they belong; the full name (in the case of historical characters); onomastic information, especially about frequency, meaning, and etymology; other literary or epigraphical sources; a prosopographical sketch; a discussion of relevant manuscript variants; and a bibliography. Much attention is paid to the literary portrayal of each character and the poetic usages of their names. This reference work is a much needed tool and is intended as a stimulus for further research.
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Breve presentación y actividades sobre el papel de las mujeres escritoras en Roma, para trabajar en el aula de Bachillerato o en los primeros niveles universitarios.
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Reflections on Time, Space and Culture in Game of Thrones
Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio, Fernando Lozano, Rosario Moreno Soldevila & Cristina Rosillo-López
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This introductory chapter reflects on the time, space, and culture of the Game of Thrones universe. It points out that one of the aspects to which the saga owes most of its success and appeal is precisely Martin’s creative process, namely, how he has designed, structured, developed, and made plausible his fantasy world. Game of Thrones is analysed here as a complex, eclectic, and pulp-type universe that borrows from many historical periods, geographical areas, and characters to build a credible world. Furthermore, this paper reflects on how the thought-provoking and courageous eclecticism of Martin’s inspirations generates a profusion of references masterfully linked and framed in the same spatiotemporal and geographical context. Martin created a plausible, but at the same time fantasy, world. Additionally, the impact of the saga is assessed, by presenting the main facts and figures of this amazing achievement that has turned Game of Thrones into an authentic global phenomenon.
A Álvarez-Ossorio, F Lozano, R Moreno Soldevila, C Rosillo-López
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Chapter
Reflections on Time, Space and Culture in Game of Thrones
Alfonso Álvarez-Ossorio, Fernando Lozano, Rosario Moreno Soldevila & Cristina Rosillo-López
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First Online: 21 March 2023
60 Accesses
Abstract
This introductory chapter reflects on the time, space, and culture of the Game of Thrones universe. It points out that one of the aspects to which the saga owes most of its success and appeal is precisely Martin’s creative process, namely, how he has designed, structured, developed, and made plausible his fantasy world. Game of Thrones is analysed here as a complex, eclectic, and pulp-type universe that borrows from many historical periods, geographical areas, and characters to build a credible world. Furthermore, this paper reflects on how the thought-provoking and courageous eclecticism of Martin’s inspirations generates a profusion of references masterfully linked and framed in the same spatiotemporal and geographical context. Martin created a plausible, but at the same time fantasy, world. Additionally, the impact of the saga is assessed, by presenting the main facts and figures of this amazing achievement that has turned Game of Thrones into an authentic global phenomenon.
A Álvarez-Ossorio, F Lozano, R Moreno Soldevila, C Rosillo-López
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This introductory chapter reflects on the characters that populate the Game of Thrones universe and on violence and warfare in the saga. It presents briefly Martin’s characters as one of the mainstays and inducements of both the novels... more
This introductory chapter reflects on the characters that populate the Game of Thrones universe and on violence and warfare in the saga. It presents briefly Martin’s characters as one of the mainstays and inducements of both the novels and the TV series, especially because the author has peopled his universe with complex, three-dimensional individuals. It also assesses the uses and presence of violence and war. This chapter also highlights how modern fantasy, and in particular Martin’s work, has the ability to combine very different aesthetic elements, including the strong influence of Graeco-Roman culture, with a view to creating a surprising product that challenges the preconceptions of readers—and viewers—while including recognisable cultural references.
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Resumen: Se propone interpretar como históricos algunos personajes de Marcial que tradicionalmente se han catalogado como ficticios, poniendo como ejemplo el Apicius de 3,80.
Palabras clave: Marcial, epigramas, prosopografía, Apicio.
Palabras clave: Marcial, epigramas, prosopografía, Apicio.
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En este capítulo se analiza críticamente la recepción y articulación de motivos amatorios bajo el prisma de la vejez y el envejecimiento dentro del marco de la pieza poética titulada 'Confessio Amantis' ('The Lover's Confession' o 'La... more
En este capítulo se analiza críticamente la recepción y articulación de motivos amatorios bajo el prisma de la vejez y el envejecimiento dentro del marco de la pieza poética titulada 'Confessio Amantis' ('The Lover's Confession' o 'La confesión del amante'), escrita en inglés medio por John Gower. ******* This book chapter provides a critical analysis of the reception and articulation of love motifs as mediated by the concepts of old age and ageing in the wider context of John Gower's Middle English poem 'Confessio Amantis' ("The Lover's Confession").
Research Interests: Reception Studies, Middle English, Disability and Illness in Literature, Classical Reception Studies, Geoffrey Chaucer, and 13 moreEnglish Poetry, Old Age, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Century Literature, Love Poetry, Poesía Medieval, Roman Love Poetry, Poesía amorosa, Medieval Love poetry, Ageing in Literature, John Gower, Confessio Amantis, Mental Illness in Literature, Motivos amatorios, and Love motifs
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Outreach article on Martial's Epigrams
Artículo de divulgación sobre los Epigramas de Marcial
Artículo de divulgación sobre los Epigramas de Marcial
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The series of novels by G.R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted for the screen with the title Game of Thrones, has become a true mass phenomenon worldwide. The books are eagerly awaited by their fans, while the broadcast of the... more
The series of novels by G.R.R. Martin, A Song of Ice and Fire, adapted for the screen with the title Game of Thrones, has become a true mass phenomenon worldwide. The books are eagerly awaited by their fans, while the broadcast of the episodes of the series breaks ratings and HBO subscriptions, and any news about it is featured in the first page of newspapers worldwide. The episodes of the last season have become the most downloaded files on the Internet ever.
Previous studies have shown the richness of both the books and the series. The battles, the political plots, the internal or family struggles, the landscapes and scenarios, the motivations of the characters, the ethnic groups represented, the expressly invented languages, among many other subjects, provide numerous possibilities for analysis. The study of this world through the diverse perspectives provided by the Humanities and its academic rigor, will offer a new and enriching vision of this fantasy land and our own world.
What does a linguist have to say about the Dothraki language? A specialist of Communication studies about the phenomenon of fans? A political scientist about the machinations in King's Landing? A historian of the Roman world about the circle formation of the "Battle of the Bastards"? A jurist about the possibilities of bastard children to inherit? An economic historian about the Iron Bank? A classicist about the motives of Roman literature in the world of Game of Thrones? A geographer on the topography of the Seven Kingdoms? Etc, etc.
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La serie de novelas de G.R.R. Martin, Canción de hielo y fuego, adaptadas a la pantalla con el título de Juego de tronos, se ha convertido en un auténtico fenómeno de masas a nivel mundial. Los libros son esperados ardientemente por sus fans, mientras que la emisión de los capítulos de la serie no sólo rompe índices de audiencia y de subscripciones a HBO, sino además es portada constantemente en los periódicos. Los capítulos de la última temporada se han convertido en los archivos más descargados a nivel mundial por internet.
Estudios previos han mostrado la riqueza argumental tanto de los libros como de la serie. Las batallas, los complots políticos, las luchas intestinas o familiares, los paisajes y escenarios, las motivaciones de los personajes, los grupos étnicos representados, los idiomas inventados ex profeso... todo ello proporciona numerosas posibilidades de análisis. El estudio de dicho mundo a través de perspectivas diversas desde el prisma de las Humanidades, desde un punto de vista académico, ofrecerá una visión novedosa y enriquecedora.
¿Qué tiene que decir una lingüista sobre el idioma Dothraki o el Valirio? ¿Un estudioso de Comunicación sobre el fenómeno de los fans? ¿Una politóloga sobre las maquinaciones políticas en Desembarco del Rey? ¿Un historiador del mundo romano sobre la formación en círculo de la “Batalla de los Bastardos”? ¿Una jurista sobre las posibilidades de los hijos bastardos de heredar? ¿Un historiador económico sobre el Banco de Hierro? ¿Una latinista sobre los motivos de la literatura romana en el mundo de Juego de Tronos? ¿Un geógrafo sobre la topografía de los Siete Reinos? Etc. etc.
Previous studies have shown the richness of both the books and the series. The battles, the political plots, the internal or family struggles, the landscapes and scenarios, the motivations of the characters, the ethnic groups represented, the expressly invented languages, among many other subjects, provide numerous possibilities for analysis. The study of this world through the diverse perspectives provided by the Humanities and its academic rigor, will offer a new and enriching vision of this fantasy land and our own world.
What does a linguist have to say about the Dothraki language? A specialist of Communication studies about the phenomenon of fans? A political scientist about the machinations in King's Landing? A historian of the Roman world about the circle formation of the "Battle of the Bastards"? A jurist about the possibilities of bastard children to inherit? An economic historian about the Iron Bank? A classicist about the motives of Roman literature in the world of Game of Thrones? A geographer on the topography of the Seven Kingdoms? Etc, etc.
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La serie de novelas de G.R.R. Martin, Canción de hielo y fuego, adaptadas a la pantalla con el título de Juego de tronos, se ha convertido en un auténtico fenómeno de masas a nivel mundial. Los libros son esperados ardientemente por sus fans, mientras que la emisión de los capítulos de la serie no sólo rompe índices de audiencia y de subscripciones a HBO, sino además es portada constantemente en los periódicos. Los capítulos de la última temporada se han convertido en los archivos más descargados a nivel mundial por internet.
Estudios previos han mostrado la riqueza argumental tanto de los libros como de la serie. Las batallas, los complots políticos, las luchas intestinas o familiares, los paisajes y escenarios, las motivaciones de los personajes, los grupos étnicos representados, los idiomas inventados ex profeso... todo ello proporciona numerosas posibilidades de análisis. El estudio de dicho mundo a través de perspectivas diversas desde el prisma de las Humanidades, desde un punto de vista académico, ofrecerá una visión novedosa y enriquecedora.
¿Qué tiene que decir una lingüista sobre el idioma Dothraki o el Valirio? ¿Un estudioso de Comunicación sobre el fenómeno de los fans? ¿Una politóloga sobre las maquinaciones políticas en Desembarco del Rey? ¿Un historiador del mundo romano sobre la formación en círculo de la “Batalla de los Bastardos”? ¿Una jurista sobre las posibilidades de los hijos bastardos de heredar? ¿Un historiador económico sobre el Banco de Hierro? ¿Una latinista sobre los motivos de la literatura romana en el mundo de Juego de Tronos? ¿Un geógrafo sobre la topografía de los Siete Reinos? Etc. etc.
Research Interests: History, Ancient History, Military History, Classical Archaeology, Comparative Literature, and 13 morePhilosophy, Classics, Art History, Education, Reception Studies, Medieval History, Early Modern History, Literature, Audience and Reception Studies, Classical philology, Classical Reception Studies, Reception of Antiquity, and Game of Thrones
Se trata de un comentario filologico de cada uno de los ochenta y nueve epigramas que conforman el libro IV de Marcial. Se repasa el estado de la cuestion yla bibliografia pertinente a cada poema y se hace un pormenorizado estudio... more
Se trata de un comentario filologico de cada uno de los ochenta y nueve epigramas que conforman el libro IV de Marcial. Se repasa el estado de la cuestion yla bibliografia pertinente a cada poema y se hace un pormenorizado estudio literario de cada uno de ellos. Se ofrece toda la informacion necesaria para la compresionn del epigrama en su contexto, con referencias a cuestiones de indole historica o social, literaria, linguistica, de Realia, etc.Se dan tambien leves pinceladas sobre la pervivencia de estas composiciones, sobre todo en la literatura espanola. Cada uno de los comentarios viene precedido de una edicion o texto revisado y su traduccion. Para el texto se han tenido en cuenta las ediciones anteriores y la colacion de algunos manuscritos:el resultado es un texto ligeramente diferente sobre todo en lo que a puntuacion se refiere.La trafuccion trata de ser fiel al sentido del original y al espiritu de nuestra propia lengua. El estudio pormenorizado de los epigramas se comple...