HUM 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Aeneid, Dramatization, Sigurd
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Much of what we are doing is to decipher whether we are recovering of author"s intention or interpreting or own. Rhetoric carries the bad odor. (self serving importance) it is a learned technique. The more you spoke according to rhetoric, the less sincere one appears to be. Constantly referring to other works of literature. Exposes the idea of what it means to be roman. Aeneid shows his heroic traits by telling us what he has done (do and. The image of african queen (dido) resonated with the roman"s mind. Book i is a book of narrations. Opening sentence: statement of argument; origin of cause; question of character; question of proof; the epic begins as legal discourse. Aeolus"s speech: question of task (lat. labour) Sonic effects: use of sonic effect to mime the subject of action (145) uses sound to dramatize and make the image more vivid.
