Opublikowane: 2019-05-16

The Concept of an Artist and the Conflict of Generations in “Epistle to the Pissos” by Horace. A Gloss on Ancient Literary Criticism

Wojciech Kopek
Colloquia Litteraria
Dział: SZKICE - ROZPRAWY - INTERPRETACJE
https://doi.org/10.21697/2018.4.03

Abstrakt

his paper, taking as a starting point Horace’s “Epistle to the Pissos”, its form and structure, approaches the Horatian problem of an artist involved in the Roman social issues, dominated by such categories as pietas and dignitas, both in relationship to the poet himself and to the social position and role of the profession of an artist (dichotomy: otium – negotium). Moreover, the role of a literary critic is discussed. A literary critic, by imposing certain rules and constraints on the artist, himself is not free of the social pressure being the result of the client/patron dependence. Writing in this context becomes an art of a compromise of values, between social and legal solutions founded in Rome’s traditional ‘community of citizens’ and the aesthetic limits and needs of the new generation of creators and their audiences.

Pobierz pliki

Zasady cytowania

Kopek, W. (2019). The Concept of an Artist and the Conflict of Generations in “Epistle to the Pissos” by Horace. A Gloss on Ancient Literary Criticism. Colloquia Litteraria, 1(5). https://doi.org/10.21697/2018.4.03

Cited by / Share


Ta strona używa pliki cookie dla prawidłowego działania, aby korzystać w pełni z portalu należy zaakceptować pliki cookie.