Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory

Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory

This contribution presents a reading of Sen. suas. 6 in accordance with cultural memory theory. Each segment of this collection of responses, down to the theme itself, has been chosen to commemorate a piece of Roman history which Seneca believed lost at the time of writing, namely the moral and inte...

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1. Verfasser: Dinter, Martin
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Veröffentlicht: Interférences 2023
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Mémoire culturelle
épitaphe cicéronienne
Naevius
Cultural Memory
Ciceronian Epitaph
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:interferences_8675 https://doi.org/10.4000/interferences.8675 urn:doi:10.4000/interferences.8675 en https://journals.openedition.org/interferences/8675 2023-09-11T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/h4pa All rights reserved Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory Interférences Université Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1777-5485 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/interferences Dinter, Martin Mémoire culturelle épitaphe cicéronienne Naevius Cultural Memory Ciceronian Epitaph Naevius Cordoue This contribution presents a reading of Sen. suas. 6 in accordance with cultural memory theory. Each segment of this collection of responses, down to the theme itself, has been chosen to commemorate a piece of Roman history which Seneca believed lost at the time of writing, namely the moral and intellectual virtue of the Republic. By presenting arguments from declaimers which engage with Republican values ranging from nobility to honour, Seneca actively advocates for the revival of these values among his audience. What is more, the sixth Suasoria encapsulates cultural memory on multiple levels. Seneca himself acts as a mediator for memories on declamation by picking and choosing declaimers whom he deems worthy of preservation. However, the declaimers have themselves harnessed established cultural memories on Cicero in crafting their responses, and have also contributed to the font of “literary memory” by establishing the Ciceronian Epitaph, a literary sub‑genre characterised by its contrasts between mortality and immortality, its borrowings from Cicero’s own words, and its meditations on “memory” as a concept. Cette contribution présente une lecture de Sen. suas. 6 fondée sur la théorie de la mémoire culturelle. Chaque élément de ce recueil d’extraits, jusqu'au thème lui‑même, a été choisi pour commémorer un aspect de l’histoire romaine que Sénèque croyait perdu au moment où il écrivait : la vertu morale et intellectuelle de la République. En présentant les arguments des déclamateurs qui débattent de différentes valeurs républicaines allant de la noblesse à l'honneur, Sénèque plaide activement pour le renouveau de ces valeurs auprès de son public. Qui plus est, la sixième Suasoria est liée à la mémoire culturelle à plusieurs niveaux. Sénèque, ainsi, agit comme un médiateur mémoriel en choisissant les déclamateurs qu'il juge dignes d'être préservés. Quant aux déclamateurs, ils exploitent eux‑mêmes la mémoire culturelle liée à Cicéron pour rédiger leurs discours, et contribuent ainsi à l'élaboration de la « mémoire littéraire » de l’orateur : leur activité fait émerger le sous‑genre littéraire de l'épitaphe cicéronienne, caractérisé par son insistance sur le contraste entre mortalité et immortalité, ses emprunts aux textes de Cicéron et la réflexion qu’il propose sur la notion de « mémoire ».
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topic Mémoire culturelle
épitaphe cicéronienne
Naevius
Cultural Memory
Ciceronian Epitaph
Naevius
spellingShingle Mémoire culturelle
épitaphe cicéronienne
Naevius
Cultural Memory
Ciceronian Epitaph
Naevius
Dinter, Martin
Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory
description This contribution presents a reading of Sen. suas. 6 in accordance with cultural memory theory. Each segment of this collection of responses, down to the theme itself, has been chosen to commemorate a piece of Roman history which Seneca believed lost at the time of writing, namely the moral and intellectual virtue of the Republic. By presenting arguments from declaimers which engage with Republican values ranging from nobility to honour, Seneca actively advocates for the revival of these values among his audience. What is more, the sixth Suasoria encapsulates cultural memory on multiple levels. Seneca himself acts as a mediator for memories on declamation by picking and choosing declaimers whom he deems worthy of preservation. However, the declaimers have themselves harnessed established cultural memories on Cicero in crafting their responses, and have also contributed to the font of “literary memory” by establishing the Ciceronian Epitaph, a literary sub‑genre characterised by its contrasts between mortality and immortality, its borrowings from Cicero’s own words, and its meditations on “memory” as a concept.
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title Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory
title_short Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory
title_full Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory
title_fullStr Memories of Future Past: Seneca the Elder and Cultural Memory
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