Jason Denores' Commentary on Horatius' Ars Poetica: A Theory of Metaphoric Mimesis
Le commentaire de Jason Denores à l’art poétique d’Horace : une théorie de la mimesis métaphorique
Résumé
In Denores’ commentary of Horatius’ Ars Poetica v. 46-48 and especially of the expression callida junctura, can be found a real little treaty on metaphor. The Cypriot humanist seeks to reconcile not only Horace, Cicero and Aristotle but also the Rhetoric and Poetic of the latter; in order to make of the metaphor the figure par excellence of mimesis. He is able to do that thanks to a network of comparisons in the theater’s field. Here, the metaphor is defined as the most suitable figure of the mimetic genres of tragedy and comedy but also that of poetic discourse as opposed to historical discourse.