Original scientific paper

The Scopical Epigrams of Rajmund Kunić

Marina Bricko ; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Rajmund Kunić was a great expert in Latin and Greek epigram tradition. This paper discusses whether in his scoptical epigrams (Ludicra and Satyrica) he followed Martialis, his most natural paragon, or he preferably modelled himself on the poetic form of the Greek epigrams. Closer structural examination of his epigrammatic verse reveals a Martialis master in the true sense but for two aspects: ( 1 ) conception of the point - seldom can it be determined as an unexpected antithet which, in the case of Kunić, is most satisfactorily conveyed by the Latin term argutia rather than acumen and (2) the attitude of the implicit author towards the described object while in Kunić’s respect of the “poetic justice” he reflected upon more congruous themes than his poetic ideal Martialis.

Keywords

Rajmund Kunić; epigram

Hrčak ID:

239913

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/239913

Publication date:

20.6.1996.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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