Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Citazione:
LE STROFI SAFFICHE IN ORAZIO, AUSONIO E PRUDENZIO: TRA INNODIA E POESIA PROFANA / E. Castelnuovo ; tutor: P. Moretti; coordinatore: A. Cadioli. DIPARTIMENTO DI STUDI LETTERARI, FILOLOGICI E LINGUISTICI, 2018 Feb 06. 29. ciclo, Anno Accademico 2017. [10.13130/e-castelnuovo_phd2018-02-06].
Abstract:
This dissertation deals with the Sapphic stanzas composed by an ancient poet, Horace, and by two late Latin poets, Ausonius and Prudentius. In the first chapter I point out that from Horace to medieval poetry there is a strict connection between the Sapphic meter and hymnody; Prudentius is a key figure in the evolution of the poetry in Sapphics: he is the link between Horace’s Sapphic poems and medieval hymns. Then, I state that Christian hymnodists considered Horace their classical antecedent in the genre of hymnody, along with David, whose Psaltery is a model for Christian hymns.
The second and the third chapters are the core of my dissertation: they focus on Prudentius’ Cath. 8 and its relationship with Horace’s Carmen saeculare. I first examine the collocation of Cath. 8 in the collection of the hymns for every hour, then I analyse its biblical narrative, in which I find a baptismal symbolism. In the third chapter, I try not to be influenced by political prejudices on the Secular song, but I seek to read Horace’s poem as late antique poets read it – as a hymn, not as a political ode. At the end of my analysis of Horace’s influence on Cath. 8, I draw the conclusion that Prudentius recalls just those Horatian poems that can be considered hymns or odes on morality. After that, I address the issue of the singing of Horace’s poems through the centuries and last I focus on phonic and rhythmic aspects of Prudentius’ lyrical poetry.
In the last chapter I investigate the relationship between Horace and Ausonius through the perspective of a single poem, Ephem. 1; a metaliterary reflection at the end of Ephem. 1 paves the way to a metapoetical use of the Sapphic stanzas. Finally, I compare Prudentius’ Cathemerinon with Ausonius’ Ephemeris in order to see how Prudentius both recalls and distances himself from Ausonius’ poetry.
Tipologia IRIS:
Tesi di dottorato
Keywords:
Prudentius; Horace; Ausonius; Late Latin Poetry; hymnody; Sapphic strophe
Elenco autori:
E. Castelnuovo
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