Although not all the texts belonging to Jerome’s epistolary corpus can be properly defined as letters, in most of them we are met with epistolary metarhetoric: that is, calculated reflection on – and claim to – ‘epistolarity’, in order to create what we might call ‘epistolary illusion’. Two categories of elements pertaining to epistolary metarhetoric are taken into consideration: firstly, topoi (e.g., brevitas and letter as a sermo absentium), secondly hints at the construction of ‘epistolary collections’ and cross-references between letters. One of the main functions of such elements is focused on briefly: the – either actual or pretended – ‘epistolarity’ of such texts in fact serves Jerome’s purpose of constructing his self-portrait as a champion of ascetics and as an authoritative biblical scholar.
Metaretorica dell’encomio e dell’epistola in Girolamo / P.F. Moretti. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Trasformazione e trasmissione dei modelli culturali e letterari nella tarda antichità latina tenutosi a Milano nel 2013.
Metaretorica dell’encomio e dell’epistola in Girolamo
P.F. MorettiPrimo
2013
Abstract
Although not all the texts belonging to Jerome’s epistolary corpus can be properly defined as letters, in most of them we are met with epistolary metarhetoric: that is, calculated reflection on – and claim to – ‘epistolarity’, in order to create what we might call ‘epistolary illusion’. Two categories of elements pertaining to epistolary metarhetoric are taken into consideration: firstly, topoi (e.g., brevitas and letter as a sermo absentium), secondly hints at the construction of ‘epistolary collections’ and cross-references between letters. One of the main functions of such elements is focused on briefly: the – either actual or pretended – ‘epistolarity’ of such texts in fact serves Jerome’s purpose of constructing his self-portrait as a champion of ascetics and as an authoritative biblical scholar.Pubblicazioni consigliate
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