Like Father, Like Son
Selected Examples of Intertextuality in Seneca the Younger and Seneca the Elder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5092145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Trinacty (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 63 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 260-277 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Phoenix (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0031-8299 • E-ISSN: 1929-4883 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/phx.2009.0006 |
| OpenAlex | W2489413252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
In his Epistulae Morales and tragedies, Seneca the Younger is influenced by the rhetorical works of his father. That Seneca should be a careful and curious reader of his father's work is not surprising; what may be surprising is that in his use of imitatio he recalls his father's directives, while also developing them according to his philosophical and literary interests. Seneca the Younger imitates passages from his father's work that are concerned with the issue of imitatio, and highlights for the reader both his emulation of his father's work and his original application of imitatio in his own writings. Dans ses Épîtres morales et ses tragédies, Sénèque a subi l'influence des œuvres rhétoriques de son père. S'il n'est pas surprenant que Sénèque fut un lecteur attentif des œuvres de son père, il peut sembler étonnant qu'il rappelle les directives de ce dernier au sujet de l'imitatio, tout en utilisant ce procédé pour servir ses propres intérêts philosophiques et littéraires. Sénèque imite des passages des œuvres de son père qui ont rapport avec le sujet de l'imitatio et fait ressortir, pour le bénéfice de son lecteur, à la fois son émulation envers l'œuvre de son père et l'originalité de son usage de l'imitatio dans ses propres écrits
Art · Humanities · Intertextuality · Literature · Rhetorical question · Classical Antiquity Studies · Historical and Literary Analyses · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2019 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |