Pallas (Nov 2016)

Schéma narratif et subjectivité du narrateur chez quelques historiens de l’Antiquité tardive

  • Sándor Kiss

DOI
https://doi.org/10.4000/pallas.3742
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 102
pp. 255 – 263

Abstract

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Three historical works written in the 4th century have so far been examined from the point of view of style and narration: the “breviaria” of Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, and Festus. The topics chosen for my analysis are the use of tenses, word order in the sentence, problems of textual cohesion, and narrator’s attitude. The three texts mainly follow the classical tradition, but in some features, they are close to the register of the spoken language. Features expressing the narrator’s subjectivity are shown here through a comparison of paragraphs presenting parallel themes.

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