Euripides in the Poems of Gregory of Nazianzus
ABSTRACT: In Julian’s time literature became a main field of cultural war between paganism and Christianity, and Gregory of Nazianzus undertook the task of composing Christian poetry worth of Greek «paideia». In spite of the heavy presence of apologetic tradition in his poetry, Gregory also integrat...
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| Tipo de recurso: | capítulo de libro |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/131057 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/131057 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 821.14Gregorio Nacianceno, Santo1obr.07 821.14Eurípides1obr.07 821.14Eurípides:821.14Gregorio Nacianceno, Santo Filología griega Literatura Poesía Escritores 5505.10 Filología 6202 Teoría, Análisis y Crítica Literarias |
| Sumario: | ABSTRACT: In Julian’s time literature became a main field of cultural war between paganism and Christianity, and Gregory of Nazianzus undertook the task of composing Christian poetry worth of Greek «paideia». In spite of the heavy presence of apologetic tradition in his poetry, Gregory also integrated the tragic genre in his poetic work, through the neutralization of tragic language, the treatment of myth as literature, and the portrayal of the suffering Christian as a new tragic hero. Euripides was his favourite author because of his conversational style, his frequent use of didactic sentences, his popularity as a canonical author, and his taste for the pathetic. There are significant poetic precedents in Jewish and Christian tradition for Gregory’s enterprise. However, his learned and original reinterpretation of tragic language and themes makes his poetry a central stage of Euripides’ reception. |
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