Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis

The present study deals with the translation of the first book (Lacking A) of the work De aetatibus mundi et hominis, credited to Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, North African author of the Late Antiquity. In this first section of the work, translated here, Fulgentius narrates the myth of original sin...

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Main Authors: Cristóvão José dos Santos Júnior, José Amarante Santos Sobrinho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Federal University Juiz of Fora (UFJF) 2020-07-01
Series:Rónai
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/27256/20840
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spelling doaj-e1efc27ecb364147bec1ea0667a669302020-11-25T03:39:29ZengFederal University Juiz of Fora (UFJF)Rónai2318-34462318-34462020-07-01818898Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis Cristóvão José dos Santos Júnior0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5797-7192José Amarante Santos Sobrinho 1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7316-9526Universidade Federal da BahiaUniversidade Federal da BahiaThe present study deals with the translation of the first book (Lacking A) of the work De aetatibus mundi et hominis, credited to Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, North African author of the Late Antiquity. In this first section of the work, translated here, Fulgentius narrates the myth of original sin, concerning Adam and Eve. In addition, the Mythographer writes in lipogram, avoiding words that are registered in ‘a’, a technique that is maintained in the translation proposal.https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/27256/20840original sinlate latinlipogrammatic translationconstrained writing
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author Cristóvão José dos Santos Júnior
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José Amarante Santos Sobrinho
Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis
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author_facet Cristóvão José dos Santos Júnior
José Amarante Santos Sobrinho
author_sort Cristóvão José dos Santos Júnior
title Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis
title_short Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis
title_full Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis
title_fullStr Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis
title_full_unstemmed Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel without the letter 'a', by Fulgentius, the Mythographer: translation of Book I of the lipogram De aetatibus mundi et hominis
title_sort adam, eve, cain and abel without the letter 'a', by fulgentius, the mythographer: translation of book i of the lipogram de aetatibus mundi et hominis
publisher Federal University Juiz of Fora (UFJF)
series Rónai
issn 2318-3446
2318-3446
publishDate 2020-07-01
description The present study deals with the translation of the first book (Lacking A) of the work De aetatibus mundi et hominis, credited to Fabius Planciades Fulgentius, North African author of the Late Antiquity. In this first section of the work, translated here, Fulgentius narrates the myth of original sin, concerning Adam and Eve. In addition, the Mythographer writes in lipogram, avoiding words that are registered in ‘a’, a technique that is maintained in the translation proposal.
topic original sin
late latin
lipogrammatic translation
constrained writing
url https://periodicos.ufjf.br/index.php/ronai/article/view/27256/20840
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