The construction of speaker’s ethos in Juvenal’s Satires

Authors

  • Rafael Cavalcanti do Carmo Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v19i2p80-89

Keywords:

Juvenal, Latin satire, poetic voice, laughter

Abstract

The paper starts from the idea that Latin satire, since it is a form of poetic expression markedly personalized, so as for its moral purpose of reproaching vice, has similarities with the orator’s speech. Therefore, as is the case in the oratorical practice, satire demands the construction of an uttering voice that, in Juvenal, approaches and deviates from the êthos the orator constructs for himself in his speech. The paper discusses that procedure, associating it to the pertinence of laughter as an integrating element of satire as a poetic genre.

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Published

2015-12-10

How to Cite

do Carmo, R. C. (2015). The construction of speaker’s ethos in Juvenal’s Satires. Letras Clássicas, 19(2), 80-89. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2358-3150.v19i2p80-89