The Arms in the Sky
The Arms in the Sky
Diffraction of a Narrative Theme
This chapter considers some of the narrative strategies and their relative effects of sense in the Aeneid. What matters here is grasping the specific way the complexity of cultural presuppositions (and their interactions) acts in reading as a source of complex meanings—that is, tightening the link between the density of literary signification and the multitude of implied models. This chapter marks out the elusive pathway that unites two discursive manifestations in Vergil's epic poetry which are quite distinct from one another: an ideological contradiction and a narrative “polyphony.” It then concludes with the form and workmanship of a “pluri-isotopic” narrative text.
Keywords: diffraction, narrative theme, ideological contradiction, narrative polyphony, pluri-isotopic narrative text, cultural discourse
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