Search results for "heroism"

The Student as a Representation of Masculinity in Nineteenth-Century Finnish Literature

2017

Dalla parte dei Decii. Lucano e la storia esemplare di Roma

2021

The paper deals with the references to the exemplary history of the Decii in Lucan’s Pharsalia. Particular attention is focused on the model of virtue and self-sacrifice towards the State they embody. However, while they ennoble the pars Pompeiana, they nevertheless show the fragility of Pompey’s fate, increasing the sense of an imminent catastrophe: the virtuous model of the Decii is in fact not replicable. The subversion produced by civil war makes it now out of date: tragedy, not history

D’autres Héroïdes : les Epistulae heroides de Mark-Alexander Boyd (1592)

2022

The Scotsman Mark Alexander Boyd proposes, in his 1592 collection, "other heroids", in which he gives voice to more diverse women than Ovid did. The article focuses on four epistles written in a Roman context (letters from Rhea Silvia to Mars, from Lavinia to Turnus, from Sophonisbe to Massinissa and from Pauline to Mundus), analyzes the modalities of Ovid's imitation, while underlining some original elements on Boyd's part.

Heroism as legitimation of Enlightenment values: Production strategies, changes and disagreements

2020

espanolEn tiempos de inseguridad politica, literatos y gobernantes apoyaron toda una serie de argumentos orientados a construir heroes civilizadores y sacrificados en beneficio de la patria, la sociedad y el «bien comun». Este articulo analiza las variadas estrategias y formas, siempre en constante proceso de definicion, con los que este heroismo ilustrado prolifero en la segunda mitad del siglo. Despues de pasar revista a las coordenadas historicas y a los debates en los que se desenvuelve la fabricacion de nuevos heroes, sin dejar de lado otro tipo de heroismo —heredado de la cultura humanista— me detendre especificamente en los conquistadores de America, sometidos a la critica de los int…

Heroism as legitimation of Enlightenment values: Production strategies, changes and disagreements

2020

During the eighteenth century's periods of political insecurity, writers and rulers supported a whole series of arguments aimed at constructing civilizing heroes who are sacrificed for the benefit of the country, society and the «common good.» This article analyses the different strategies and forms through which an enlightened heroism proliferated in the second half of the century and that were in a constant process of being defined. After reviewing the historical coordinates and the debates within which the creation of new heroes unfolded, and without neglecting another type of heroism—that inherited from humanist culture—I will specifically focus on the conquistadores of the Americas, wh…

Literackie studium uzależnień. Portret Tamary Mortus w "Nocnych zwierzętach" Patrycji Pustkowiak

2016

The article contains presentation of different kinds of addictions connected with female experiences depicted in Patrycja Pustkowiak’s novel The Night Animals. These story arcs create a portrait of the main character based on the literary category of antiheroism and the most important ideas of corporeal feminism. The analysis of the metaphor “the night animals” on the basis of four examples brings the conclusion that social exclusion is caused by alcoholism, drug addiction and hard pornography addiction.

“Never shake thy gory locks at me” (Macbeth, III.iv.50-51): Objecting to Gestures in Macbeth

2018

International audience; Shakespeare's Macbeth displays a pattern of characters objecting to gestures, be it others' or their own. This includes Macbeth refusing to shake hands with his opponent before the battle, his words to Banquo's ghost quoted in the title above, Banquo's own puzzlement at the weird sisters' placing a finger over their lips, the doctor's suspicions at Lady Macbeth's rubbing her hands and sleepwalking, as well as Malcom's request that Macduff not pull his hat over his eyes. In many of these cases, gesture is pitted against speech, which seems to undermine the classically-derived ideal of "suit[ing] the word to the action, the action to the word" (Hamlet, 3.2.16-18). This…