Narratological aspects of Virgil's Aeneid 2.1-13
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Gasti, H.
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Φιλοσοφική Σχολή. Τμήμα Φιλολογίας
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Gasti, H.
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Examination of the metalinguistic aspect and self-referential quality of the diction used in Aen. 2, 1-13 shows that expressions such as « infandum [ ] renouare dolorem » (3), « fando » (6), and « meminisse » (12) are used to emphasize the narratological dynamics of the passage by foregrounding the narrative activity of Aeneas. The ambiguity of Aeneas between narrator/bard and participant reflects the dualism of the poet's position between authorial detachment and participatory subjectivity and it involves a language of overt poetic reflexivity.
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