Search results
- The author argues that while Horace uses humor and irony, his satires do have a genuine moral purpose in advising readers on what behaviors and attitudes to pursue or avoid.
www.scribd.com/document/575184965/Horace-s-Satires-A-Moral-Purpose-A-Literary-Game-Jerome-KempHorace's Satires - A Moral Purpose - A Literary Game - Scribd
People also ask
What is the moral purpose of Horace's Satire?
What is the moral purpose of Horatian satire?
What influence did Horace have on satire?
What is Horace's irony in satire?
Is Horace a satirist?
What are Horace's Satires?
The Moral Purpose of Horatian Satire. Satires 1.4 is the first sustained piece in Horace's oeuvre which. concerns literary theory. In the context of the Satires it is program. matic: Horace sets out his opinions on satire and thus in a sense. suggests to his readers how his satires should be appreciated. In so.
The first that Rome knew of Horace’s poetry, or at least what has survived to our times, is a book of ten satires, originally entitled Sermones, which appeared in about 35 bce; a second book followed in 30 bce.
Mar 21, 2024 · Horace’s Satires are a collection of two books of hexameter poems that offer a humorous-critical commentary, of an indirect kind, unique to Horace, on various social phenomena in first century BCE Rome.
The writing of satire is a demanding business, and it is at least equally demanding to understand fully Horace’s satires in which res and verba are combined to form an artistic unity. 5 Horace did not write for the common man, but for a literate elite.
- Toivo Viljamaa
Sep 1, 2010 · In Satires 1.4 we are apparently shown Horace's views on the purpose of satire and its status as a literary genre. His possible irony and the extent to which he should be taken at face...
- Jerome Kemp
But first I look at the moral purpose—or otherwise—of Horatian satire as expressed in 1.4. In Satires 1.4 we are apparently shown Horace's views on the purpose of satire and its status as a literary genre.
As moral readings of the satires have languished, critics have prized the parts of Pope’s satires that depart decisively from Horace’s originals. This has led to brilliant discussion of Pope’s politics, personal identity, and, more recently, the field of classical receptions.
