Apuleius' imitations and novelistic features in De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii by Martianus Capella

Authors

PETROVIĆOVÁ Katarina

Year of publication 2010
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Aufidus. Rivista quadrimestrale di scienza e didattica della cultura classica
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Arts

Citation
Field Mass media, audiovision
Keywords Roman literature; Apuleius; Martianus Capella; Novel
Description The aim of the paper is to thoroughly examine to what extent Martianus drew inspiration from Apuleius' Metamorphoses in his encyclopedia De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii, as well as to discuss the legitimacy of religious interpretations of this encyclopedia, interpretations that are one of the results of excessive accentuation of particular novel characteristics in Martianus' work. In more general terms, the paper sheds light on the adequate generic classification of Martianus' writing that is difficult to specify by means of traditional generic criteria.
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