lecture 5 part 2
1) what was at the centre of Horace's ideas ?
sensibility
2) who said the following “neither the ability nor the knowledge to keep the duly assigned functions and tones” of poetry should not be “hailed as a poet.”?
Horace’s
3) where was this principle announced ?
in line 86 of the Ars Poetica
4) is that the only place we see it ?
no it is assumed everywhere in Horace’s writing
5) who does Horace mean when he talks about the laws of composition and style, his model of excellence that he wants Roman poets to imitate ?
the Greeks
6) what do we mean by “sophisticated” tastes?
Greek books
7) what do we mean by the “vulgar?
the rustic and popular
8) what tool does Horace us to separate the two ?
sensibility”
9)who said “I hate the profane crowd and keep it at a distance,”?
Horace
10) how did Horace feel about the popular culture of his day?
he hated it
11) where can we see that ?
is apparent in his “Letter to Augustus”
12) what is Latium ?
latin
13) in his letter to Augustus what does he mean by venom?
Roman culture
14)what brought the Romans to Greece?
a relationship of force and conquest
15) what do we mean by As soon as Greece was captive, however, it held its conqueror captive?
it captivated them with its nicely preserved culture (books
16) how does Horace feel about everyday culture ?
Horace shows prejudice to the culture of everyday people
17)did he know that the culture in the greece books was itself popular culture?
no he did not
18)what did Horace equate the preserved Greek culture (books) with?
elegance
19) what did he equate the popular culture of his own time with?
venom
20)was Horace alone in this hatred of the popular culture?
no,hatred of the popular culture of his day was widespread among Latin authors
21)what did poetry mean for Horace and his contemporaries?
it meant written monuments that would land the lucky poet’s name on a library shelf next to the great Greek names
22) who said “I will not die entirely,” , “some principal part of me yet evading the great Goddess of Burials?
Horace
23) what was That great part of him?
his books
24) was Horace’s poetic practice rooted in everyday life?
no to was not
25) was Greek poetry rooted in everyday life ?
yes it was
26)why did Horace read and reread the Iliad?
in search of, as he put it, what was bad what was good, what was useful, and what was not
27)what cultures would divide future European societies?
“official” and “popular”
28) who started them?
Horace
29) what can we say about the “duly assigned functions and tones” of poetry that Horace spent his life trying to make poets adhere to?
they were a mould for an artificial poetry with intolerant overtone
30) what are Horace’s ideas on poetry based on?
an artificial distinction between a “civilized” text-based culture and a “vulgar” oral one
31) are those distinctions accepted today ?
no they are not
32)what does Horace urge the Romans to do ?
to imitate the Greeks and follow in their footsteps
33)who said “Study Greek models night and day?
Horace
34) where did he say that ?
in the Ars Poetica
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