'n Stilisties-strukturele ontleding van enkele paraenetiese odes uit Horatius se eerste bundel met die Carpe Diem-tema
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Date
1985-06
Authors
Coetzee, Dirk Jacobus
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University of the Free State
Abstract
This treatise has as its aim the stylistic-structural analysis
of some of the poems of one of the most renowned poets of the
Augustan era, viz. Quintus Horatius Flaccus. The poems that
are analysed are those in the first volume (i.e. books I-III)
wherein the advice is given to pick the harvest of the present
day (carpe diem). By virtues of style the ancient
writers, in the words of Theophrastus, understood the
correct use of the language, clarity,
appropriateness and ornateness. By ornateness
they understood selecti.on of words, composition of
words and figures of style. By concentrating
on the frequency and nature of the figures of style that
resort under ornateness, an attempt was made to trace the line
of tension in the various odes that were analysed. By so doing
a more objective and scientific method in detecting the structure
in the poems di.scussed was hoped to be reached. Lastly a study
was made of the carpe diem-theme and other themes that are
linked to it as it is treated in the first volume of odes.
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Latin poetry -- History and criticism, Latin poetry, Horace -- Technique, Dissertation (M.A. (Latin))--University of the Free State, 1985