The Narrative Persona in the Cosmographia of Bernard Silvestris

Mediaevalia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-87
Author(s):  
Joseph Rudolph
Keyword(s):  
Narrative Persona ◽  
Bernard Silvestris

Myth in the Ylias and Alexandreis

2021 ◽  
pp. 123-156
Author(s):  
Justin A. Haynes
Keyword(s):  
Twelfth Century ◽  
Medieval Latin ◽  
Essential Component ◽  
Bernard Silvestris

Evidence drawn from Bernard Silvestris, Servius, and others shows that myth (fabula), specifically in the form of the divine apparatus, was believed to be an essential component of the Aeneid in the twelfth century. Yet, most medieval Latin epics did not have a divine apparatus, so the allegiance of the Ylias and Alexandreis to the Aeneid stands out even more starkly by comparison. What is more, evidence is presented that the divine apparatus of the Alexandreis and Ylias function in a similar way to the twelfth-century interpretation of the Virgilian divine apparatus—through allegory as personification. The chapter closes with an argument that the Ylias and Alexandreis, when read in their twelfth-century context, are more closely aligned with Virgil than Lucan. This conclusion contradicts the current scholarly consensus.

scholarly journals A Hero in the Friendly Arctic: Deconstructing Vilhjalmur Stefansson's Rhetorical Maneuver

Nordlit ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 69 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silje Gaupseth
Keyword(s):  
Central Element ◽  
High Arctic ◽  
Polar Regions ◽  
Canadian High Arctic ◽  
Self Presentation ◽  
Implied Author ◽  
Characteristic Theory ◽  
Narrative Persona

The article deals with Arctic explorer and anthropologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson's self-presentation in the expedition account The Friendly Arctic: The Story of Five Years in Polar Regions (1921), which tells the story of his travels and trials in the Canadian High Arctic in the years between 1913-1918. The account has been considered a key text to Stefansson's Arctic career, and provides a textbook example of his characteristic theory of living off the country in the so-called Eskimo way. Against the background of Stefansson's debated position as Arctic expert and visionary, I ask if it is possible to read the kind of criticism with which Stefansson frequently was met as rooted in some of the narrative aspects of his account. The narrative persona or implied author is a central element in the literature of exploration, as several literary scholars have pointed out. My reading is centred around the implied author of The Friendly Arctic, which I argue must be read in light of the sometimes conflicting roles given to Stefansson as protagonist and narrator in his own story. Close-readings of passages from the account raise the dilemma of how it is possible to present oneself as a hero in an essentially friendly Arctic.

scholarly journals Narrative, persona and performance: The case of Theresa May 2016–2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Judi Atkins ◽  
John Gaffney
Keyword(s):  
Performance Analysis ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
General Election ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Rhetorical Construction ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Eu Referendum ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Narrative Persona ◽  
Theresa May

A narrative and performance analysis of the period between the 2016 EU referendum and the 2017 general election makes an empirical and theoretical contribution to understanding personalised politics at the present time. This article contends that Theresa May’s initial success proceeded from her rhetorical construction and performance of a persona founded on the archetypal healer, together with a narrative based on the myth of One Nation. However, her decision as Prime Minister to align herself with the pro-Brexit constituency and her neglect of the ‘just about managing’ called both her persona and narrative into question. The highly personalised general election campaign ensured the focus stayed on May, while the manifesto offered her a new ‘flawed’ narrative that resulted in the collapse of her early leadership image. By the time of the election, May was performing neither the narrative nor the persona; she was effectively absent from her own campaign.

Classical Exegesis — from Theagenes of Rhegium to Bernard Silvestris

Florilegium ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 59-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael W. Herren
Keyword(s):  
Bernard Silvestris

The Architrenius as Virgilian Allegory

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-92
Author(s):  
Justin A. Haynes
Keyword(s):  
The Relationship ◽  
Bernard Silvestris

This chapter relies again on Servius, Fulgentius, and Bernard Silvestris to demonstrate how John of Hauville’s Architrenius reflects an allegorical reading of the Aeneid. Unlike the Anticlaudianus, which refers to all of the episodes of the allegorical Aeneid, the Architrenius focuses on the allegory of the sixth book of Virgil’s Aeneid. Once the relationship between these plot structures is understood, the plot of the Architrenius, previously described by other scholars as chaotic, comes into sharper focus. The distinction in emphasis between the Anticlaudianus and the Architrenius also becomes clearer. The Anticlaudianus focuses on the allegorical ascent; the Architrenius, the descent. In Dantean terms, the Anticlaudianus is more concerned with paradiso, while the Architrenius gives more weight to inferno.

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