lecture 6 part 2
who stressed that the imitative product should not be “the same as the ones we imitate, but to be similar to them in such a way that the similarity is scarcely recognised except by the learned ?
landino
2) who wrote Arte Poetica ?
Hieronimo Muzio
3)who said “direct your eyes, with mind intent, upon the famous examples of the ancient times.” ?
Hieronimo Muzio
4) what did Hieronimo Muzio mean by (“writing shall exhale their previously absorbed odour, like a garment preserved among roses.” )?
spending time with the classic writers will rub off on you , you will be affected by their writings
5) who said “imitation [would] change into nature”, that his work would resemble the model not as a copy but “as father is to son.” ?
Giraldi Cinthio:
6) Antonio Minturno used who's metaphor ?
Seneca‟s
7) the terms of the imitation discussions in Italy were a copy of ?
of Roman discussions
8) the terms of the French debate was a copy of ?
the Italian debate
9)who celebrated the theft and plunder from the classics ?
Joachim du Bella
10) who used Quintilian’s passage without acknowledgement ?
du Bellay
11) who enjoined the reader not to be “ashamed” to write in his native tongue in imitation of the ancients. ?
Joachim du Bella
12) why did Joachim du bella say “Imitating the best Greek authors, transforming into them, devouring them; and after well digesting them, converting them into blood and nourishment. “?
he was describing the process through which the Romans enriched their language
13) who said only the “rarest and most exquisite virtues” are to be imitated ?
Joachim du Bella
14) why couldn't Europeans imitate the Romans freely ?
they were pagans
15) Renaissance Europe was what ?
fervently Christian
16)European authors frequently stressed that imitation should not what ?
undermine the Christian character of their world
17) this issue was settled early on by ?
Erasmus’s
18) how did he settle it ?
through his dialogue Ciceronianus
19) when did the controversy rage ?
the early sixteenth century
20) the controversy was between whom ?
those who advocated the exclusive imitation of Cicero, and others who advocated the imitation of multiple models
21) who established once and for all Christian interests and sensibilities as the ultimate limit of imitation ?
Erasmus
22) what were the two propositions he started with in the ciceronianus?
the one who speaks most like Cicero speaks best
good speaking depends on decorum
23)Erasmus argued that since decorum is important, one should not speak as Cicero spoke in the past , but how ?
as he would speak now if he were alive
24) what does that mean ?
“in a Christian manner about Christian matters.”
25) Erasmus openly branded what ?
the Ciceronians
26) Erasmus saw some dangers in the practice of imitation how was that ?
the rediscovery of pagan written documents and their unprecedented diffusion through printing,
27) what was Erasmus’s primary concern in writing the Ciceronianus ?
to expose renascent paganism disguising itself as Ciceronian classicism
28) did he rely “on religious appeal “?
no he did not , he relied on “historical argument” and “historical reasoning.”