Ecos of the "Aeneid" in the anonymous poem "La Guerra de Chile"
Keywords:
Aeneid, Arauco’s War, Chili, Classical Tradition.
Abstract
The publication ofAlonso de Ercilla’s La Araucana in 1569, inspired the production of other epic poems that equally reported the conquest of Chile during the 16th century. Following the example of Ercilla, their authors appealed to the model of the classical tradition, across which the poets loaded of sense to the representation of the war that they reported. In this context, the present article seeks to approach one of these poems, entitled La Guerra de Chile (anonymous), to analyze the passages that evoke the model of the Aeneid. The influence of Virgil would confirm the force of his legacy in the letters of Chile. His presence not only would explain in reason of an imitative trend, but also as the result of a process of appropriation and production of sense for the representation ofArauco’s war on the part of the author of La Guerra de Chile.Downloads
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2012-12-14
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Huidobro Salazar M. G. (2012). Ecos of the "Aeneid" in the anonymous poem "La Guerra de Chile". Cuadernos de Filología Clásica. Estudios Latinos, 32(2), 335-345. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_CFCL.2012.v32.n2.41025
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