India, Egypt and Parthia in Augustan verse: the post-orientalist turn
Orientalism, as a paradigm expounded by Edward W. Said, has been influential in literary studies. Here it is critically evaluated with reference to Augustan poetry, in relation to three different ethnic groups : Indians, Egyptians and Parthians. The shield of Aeneas is the point of departure. Some o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Université Lille-3
2011-11-01
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| Series: | Dictynna |
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/dictynna/691 |
| Summary: | Orientalism, as a paradigm expounded by Edward W. Said, has been influential in literary studies. Here it is critically evaluated with reference to Augustan poetry, in relation to three different ethnic groups : Indians, Egyptians and Parthians. The shield of Aeneas is the point of departure. Some of the shortcomings of Saidian Orientalism can be circumvented by the adoption of concepts from human geography. |
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| ISSN: | 1969-4202 |