El juicio crítico sobre la literatura latina antigua satírica en la historia literaria del XVIII
- 1 Universidad de León, IHTC
ISSN: 1131-9879
Year of publication: 2020
Issue: 30
Pages: 540-565
Type: Article
More publications in: Cuadernos de estudios del siglo XVIII
Abstract
The critical judgement on ancient Roman literature started in early times of Empire. Those comments were collected by some scholars during the Enlightenment. It was then, when they summarized the deeds of Roman authors and their contribution to the European literature as well, under the light of reason. Labouring this synthesis, they did not confirm the ancient theory about the early beginnings of Roman satire, as a representative Latin genre since Lucilius. The humorous poems in vernacular were so diverse, that it was difficult to know the very features of this ancient Roman genre.