Naslov
The World of Erotic Metaphors of Alciphron and Aristaenetus

Autori
Hajdarević, Sabira

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Literature Abstracts ; 9th Annual International Conference on Literature / Papanikos, Gregory T. - Atena : ATINER, 2016, 25-25

Skup
9th Annual International Conference on Literature

Mjesto i datum
Atena, Grčka, 06.06.2016. - 09.06.2016

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
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Ključne riječi
Alciphron ; Aristaenetus ; erotica ; Greek fictional epistolography ; erotic vocabulary ; erotic expressions

Sažetak
Greek fictional epistolography as a (sub)genre, like Greek epistolography in general, developed from the use of letters as rhetorical exercises in composition - progymnasmata, that were a mandatory and significant part of Greek education. Partly because of its origin, and partly because of cultural streams of the Second Sophistic (and perhaps even personal moral reasons of authors themselves), the conventions of this (sub)genre usually exclude (porno)graphic and „spicy“ descriptions of sexual desires or their fulfillment. However, the authors of the letters or the letter-collections (i. e. letter-books) with partial erotic content or erotica as their central theme, can not exclude these descriptions entirely - they are expected to fulfill their readers' curiosity and thirst for „eavesdropping“ at others' amorous misdemeanours uncovered in letters, but, at the same time, they must carefully avoid any drifts into pornography and impropriety. It seems that these authors got themselves entrapped by the very choice of their theme and had to find a way to stay decent, but still tantalize and provoke their readers' imagination. Consequently, significance of (and emphasis on, I would add) authors' metaphorical and allusive language in erotic fictional letters or letter-collections - namely in Aristaenetus and (partly) Aelian, Alciphron and Philostratus - has been considerably intensified, and, therefore, their stylistic devices used for erotic allusions must be numerous, vivid and various in origin. The aim of my research is to analyze and compare erotic metaphors (I use the term loosely, so that it refers to metaphors, allusions, metonymy etc.) in Alciphron's and Aristaenetus' letter-collections. Of course, considering that not all of Alciphron's letters have erotic themes (unlike Aristaenetus'), I will focus on letters that do: all of book IV and a few scattered throughout books I, II and III. Given that they (partly) share the same theme, belong to the same (sub)genre and that Alciphron was in many ways Aristaenetus’ role model, my initial assumption is that their choice of erotic metaphors and their usage must be (or at least is expected to be) similar. After detecting metaphoric (erotic) expressions in both letter-collections, I will divide them according to their origin: eg. field of hunting/fishing, warfare, slavery, medicine, fire, water, joy, shame, consummation, etc. The next step is to determine their meanings in specific contexts (eg. sexual desire, seduction, intercourse, sexual experience etc.) and to examine their predictability (i. e. concordance with the contents or tone of the letter itself, occupation of its correspondents etc.). The final task will be to determine all the similarities ; I expect that these results, together with those obtained by my previous similar research of Aelian's and Philostratus' erotic metaphors, will provide a foundation for a general and synoptic overview of „metaphorical conventions“ and commonplaces of this (sub)genre as a whole. Furthermore, and more importantly, detailed analysis of this kind might (and probably will) point out some metaphors (or their origin/use) absolutely specific to any one of authors in question and therefore represent his individual contribution and valuable innovation. Oral representation of my paper is concieved as a short resume of statistical data obtained by my research, followed by an overview of most interesting cases on both sides of the spectre, from common usages to original master-pieces of metaphoric expressions written by Alciphron or his later pupil and admirer, Aristaenetus.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Književnost

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