Klasyczna proweniencja zwierzęcych metafor w „De civilitate morum puerilium” Erazma z Rotterdamu

Małgorzata Chudzikowska-Wołoszyn

doi:10.31648/ep.2056

Published: 2018-11-091

No. XVIII (2017)

The Classical Provenance of Animalistic Metaphors in “De civilitate morum puerilium” by Erasmus of Rotterdam

Małgorzata Chudzikowska-Wołoszyn

Echa Przeszłości

Section: ARTICLES

https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.2056

Abstract

The main aim of this article was to classify the animalistic metaphors used by Erasmus of Rotterdam in his moral treatise De civilitate morum puerilium. For Era-smus, a metaphor was the main rhetorical fgure whose clarity and transparency sup-ported the infnite penetration of truth. The classical provenance of the animalistic symbols in the treatise was traced back to analyse the author’s animalistic phraseolo-gy. Attempts were made to determine the semantic space and the essential signifcan-ce of animalistic symbols. Special emphasis was placed on the rationale behind the use of animalistic domains in the literary perspectives selected by Erasmus.

Keywords:

Erasmus of Rotterdam, De civite morum puerilium, perceptions of antiquity, animalistic metaphor, aesthetic category

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Chudzikowska-Wołoszyn, M. (2018). The Classical Provenance of Animalistic Metaphors in “De civilitate morum puerilium” by Erasmus of Rotterdam. Echa Przeszłości, (XVIII). https://doi.org/10.31648/ep.2056

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