One aspect of the literary reception of brutus: The resistance to the cosmic order

Due to the medieval providentialist reading of the victory of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus as a manifestation of divine will, Marcus Junius Brutus, the last opponent of the autocratic power that the latter two imposed, would be the object of many interpretations along the history of literatur...

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Main Author: Rafael Sáseta Naranjo
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Editorial Universidad de Sevilla 2015-08-01
Series:Philologia Hispalensis
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Online Access:https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/PH/article/view/2931
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spelling doaj-575773b259d142e48833dabe64c7c97d2020-11-25T03:11:46ZspaEditorial Universidad de SevillaPhilologia Hispalensis1132-02652253-83212015-08-0129110.12795/PH.2015.v29.i01.022692One aspect of the literary reception of brutus: The resistance to the cosmic orderRafael Sáseta NaranjoDue to the medieval providentialist reading of the victory of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus as a manifestation of divine will, Marcus Junius Brutus, the last opponent of the autocratic power that the latter two imposed, would be the object of many interpretations along the history of literature. Firstly, Brutus would be be admired in classical sources, later condemned by christian mentality, and finally made a symbol of rebellion against the divine and moral order when the crisis of the classical ideal took place in the Romantic period.https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/PH/article/view/2931bruto, augusto, dante, leopardi, prometeo
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title One aspect of the literary reception of brutus: The resistance to the cosmic order
title_short One aspect of the literary reception of brutus: The resistance to the cosmic order
title_full One aspect of the literary reception of brutus: The resistance to the cosmic order
title_fullStr One aspect of the literary reception of brutus: The resistance to the cosmic order
title_full_unstemmed One aspect of the literary reception of brutus: The resistance to the cosmic order
title_sort one aspect of the literary reception of brutus: the resistance to the cosmic order
publisher Editorial Universidad de Sevilla
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publishDate 2015-08-01
description Due to the medieval providentialist reading of the victory of Julius Caesar and Octavian Augustus as a manifestation of divine will, Marcus Junius Brutus, the last opponent of the autocratic power that the latter two imposed, would be the object of many interpretations along the history of literature. Firstly, Brutus would be be admired in classical sources, later condemned by christian mentality, and finally made a symbol of rebellion against the divine and moral order when the crisis of the classical ideal took place in the Romantic period.
topic bruto, augusto, dante, leopardi, prometeo
url https://revistascientificas.us.es/index.php/PH/article/view/2931
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