Adulescens amator? Ethos and humorousness in Pamphilus’ discursive construction in Terence’s Hecyra

  • Soledad Correa Conicet - Universidad de Buenos Aires

Keywords:

Terencio, Hecyra, Pamphilus, adulescens amator, humorousness

Abstract

Although being an amator is a feature that defines the adulescens from the point of view of palliata’s code, the present paper argues that part of the humorousness of this character comes from the fact that this is a routine that Pamphilus develops only at a discursive level, which does not correspond to his actions on the stage. A second aspect of his humorousness is based on not being the palliata’s typical indecisive adulescens, since, paradoxically, with his decision to avoid acting, he ends up playing the lead role in the plot development. 

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Author Biography

Soledad Correa, Conicet - Universidad de Buenos Aires

Licenciada en Letras (Universidad de Buenos Aires). Doctora en Letras (Universidad Nacional de La Plata). Investigadora Asistente del CONICET. Es autora de “Escritura y autoejemplaridad en la Epistula 30 de Séneca” en Emérita. Revista de Lingüística y Filología Clásica, N°85/1 y de “Naufragium antequam nauem ascenderem feci: naufragio, escritura y autoejemplaridad en las Epistulae Morales de Séneca” en Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Latinos 38/1.

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Published

2020-02-06

How to Cite

Correa, S. (2020). Adulescens amator? Ethos and humorousness in Pamphilus’ discursive construction in Terence’s Hecyra. Circe De clásicos Y Modernos, 23(2), 57–72. Retrieved from https://cerac.unlpam.edu.ar/ojs/index.php/circe/article/view/4341