This paper takes into examination the narrative significance of night scenarios in Statius’ Achilleid. Specifically, the analysis of four night scenes (ll. 195-250, 619-644, 698-818 931-955) will show how the poet, largely drawing upon the poetic tradition, uses this scenario to frame what should be hidden and some emotional moments. Hence, in the poem the night works as a space of loneliness, fragility, violence, and femininity, in contrast to the heroic space of the daylight.
Scene notturne nell'Achilleide di Stazio
Francesco Moles
2022-01-01
Abstract
This paper takes into examination the narrative significance of night scenarios in Statius’ Achilleid. Specifically, the analysis of four night scenes (ll. 195-250, 619-644, 698-818 931-955) will show how the poet, largely drawing upon the poetic tradition, uses this scenario to frame what should be hidden and some emotional moments. Hence, in the poem the night works as a space of loneliness, fragility, violence, and femininity, in contrast to the heroic space of the daylight.File in questo prodotto:
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