The Alethia of Claudius Marius Victorius: A Narratological Perspective
The Alethia, as a narrative poem, should be analyzable by the theoretical principles of narratology, which aspire to universal applicability. In this paper I approach the poem according to narratological categories, as primarily established by Gérard Genette. After some preliminary remarks about the...
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| Summary: | The Alethia, as a narrative poem, should be analyzable by the theoretical principles of narratology, which aspire to universal applicability. In this paper I approach the poem according to narratological categories, as primarily established by Gérard Genette. After some preliminary remarks about the relationship between narrative and exegesis in the poem, I consider the Alethia under the headings of temporal ordering, focalization (broadly speaking point of view), and metalepsis, incorporating the various ways in which Victorius departs from the epic convention of the detachment of the poet from his narrative. Such a theoretical perspective has the advantage of throwing into prominence features that might otherwise escape notice and allows an assessment of the Alethia’s quality as a narrative composition. |
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