Jason Denores' Commentary on Horatius' Ars Poetica: A Theory of Metaphoric Mimesis

Le commentaire de Jason Denores à l’art poétique d’Horace : une théorie de la mimesis métaphorique

Nathalie Dauvois (1)

1 FIRL - FIRL - Formes et Idées de la Renaissance aux Lumières - EA 174

In Denores’ commentary of Horatius’ Ars Poetica v. 46-48 and especially of the expression callida junctura, can be found a real little treaty on metaphor. The Cypriot humanist seeks to reconcile not only Horace, Cicero and Aristotle but also the Rhetoric and Poetic of the latter; in order to make of the metaphor the figure par excellence of mimesis. He is able to do that thanks to a network of comparisons in the theater’s field. Here, the metaphor is defined as the most suitable figure of the mimetic genres of tragedy and comedy but also that of poetic discourse as opposed to historical discourse.

Mots clés: Métaphore; Horace; poétique; Denores; Aristote

Domaines: Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Littératures; Sciences de l'Homme et Société; Etudes classiques; Sciences de l'Homme et Société

Nathalie Dauvois. Le commentaire de Jason Denores à l’art poétique d’Horace : une théorie de la mimesis métaphorique . B. Petey-Girard, C. Trottot. Métaphore, savoirs et arts au début des temps modernes, Classiques Garnier, p.23-41, 2016. ⟨hal-01365932⟩