Open AccessContos de magia, sedução e monstruosidades nos romances Satyricon de Petrônio e Metamorphoseon de Apuleio
Author(s) -
Sandra Maria Gualberto Braga Bianchet
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nuntius antiquus
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2179-7064
pISSN - 1983-3636
DOI - 10.17851/1983-3636.6..89-96
Subject(s) - narrative , magic (telescope) , humanities , art , brazilian literature , literature , physics , quantum mechanics
The aim of the present paper is analysing the strategy of embedding erotic and fantastic short narratives in Petronius’ Satyricon and in Apuleius’ Metamorphoseon. The function of those stories of magic and seduction in narrative composition, it is propposed, is a way of keeping the readers’ attention to the central story, although it deviates from it directly.