Generic modulations in Virgil
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mixture of genres, modes, poetry, VirgilAbstract
In this article, grounded on the idea of “mode” (FOWLER, 1982, p.107), we analyze excerpts from Virgil’s poems in which generic mixing occurs. In Eclogues 6.31-81, the speech of Silenus displays some didactic (or epic) elements; in Georgics 3.8-39 and 3.322-338, epic and bucolic features could be found amidst their didacticism; finally, the Aeneid could be considered similar to a summary of several literary genres (HARRISON, 2007, p. 207 et seq.), including bucolic and didactic features (6.713-892). Thus, we intend to give examples that allow us to understand the variability of generic resources which Virgil employed in his own works. The data obtained point to the diffusion of the process of “modulation”, or partial generic mixing, over these three works of Virgil.
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