The constitution of the poetic persona in Juvenal
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https://doi.org/10.34019/2318-3446.2022.v10.38448Keywords:
Juvenal, Roman satire, poetic persona, satyrical ethosAbstract
We analyse the self-image constructed by the poetic persona in the works of the Roman satirist Juvenal, constituted by sixteen poems. The use of the concept of poetic persona was first suggested by William Anderson (1982), whose goal was to give back the artistic character to satyrical texts, which, at that point, were read only as biographical sources for their authors. Our analysis takes into account the definition of discursive ethos as posed by Dominique Maingueneau (2010), who affirms that there is an elaboration of self-image whenever a speaker speaks. Therefore we analyse how the voice in Juvenal’s poems presents itself. We followed the method of content analysis as established by Laurence Bardin (2006) and our results are organized into four main categories: a) the self-image of the satirist; b) the damnation of wealthiness; c) thoughts on women, and d) description of a society in decay.
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