Open AccessDramatic unity in Tibullus: a tribute to Propertius
Author(s) -
Robert J. Ball
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
emérita/emerita
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.116
H-Index - 4
eISSN - 1988-8384
pISSN - 0013-6662
DOI - 10.3989/emerita.1976.v44.i1.955
Subject(s) - tribute , literature , art , philosophy , art history
Tibullus occasionally uses a transitional device employed by Propertius in a number of his own elegies—a technique called «dramatic unity». The poet connects two passages by having the reader imagine between them an unexpressed idea occurring during an unexpressed time-lapse. Like Propertius, Tibullus generally utilizes this device in elegies characterized by humorous or joyful situations (Tib. 12, 14, 18, II 1, and II 2)