Vergil's Aeneid and the Roman Self: Subject and Nation in Literary DiscourseNow in Paper! As the most widely read Roman poem in antiquity, the Aeneid was indelibly burned into the memories of generations of Roman school children. In this book, author Yasmin Syed analyzes the formative influence the poem exerted on its broad audience of educated Romans. Syed analyzes Roman pedagogy and reading practices as well as ancient beliefs about the powerful influence of poetry. Her study considers these cultural components together with the aspects of identity that define the Aeneid’s characters. By doing so, Syed shows how Vergil’s ancient audiences saw themselves—their experiences, goals, and values—reflected in the poem and guided by it. In particular, Syed’s treatment of gender and ethnicity brings to light the key role of Vergil’s poem in the formation of Romanness. |
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... spectator in his own poem that renders him supremely apt as a figure of identification for the reader , since the reader , too , is a spectator of the narrated events , and often the reader's view is filtered through the gaze of Aeneas ...
... spectator to speaking agent , but later on in the poem there are several other instances of Aeneas in the role of spectator . There is first Aeneas ' description of the scenes at the fall of Troy in book 2 , which are not only images ...
... spectator in a visual sce- nario . We have also seen that the emotions are an integral part of Dido's identity as a spectacle , while Aeneas is constructed more through his gaze . The kinds of emotion Aeneas experiences as a spectator ...
Contents
The Aeneid and Roman Identity | 11 |
Poetry Power and the Emotions | 33 |
The Gaze | 53 |
Copyright | |
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