RT journal article
T1 “Like a sparkling sea in the sun”: a Coserian perspective on the metamorphoses of the reader in Martial’s Epigrams (1st c. A.D.)
T2 «Como un mar chispeante bajo el sol»: una perspectiva coseriana sobre las metamorfosis del lector en los Epigramas de Marcial (s. I d.C.)
A1 Eiriz Zarazaga, Marina
A2 Didáctica de la Lengua y la Literatura
K1 Critical Theory of Linguistics and Language
K1 Classical tradition
K1 Latin poetry
K1 Text linguistics
K1 Metaphor
K1 Eugenio Coseriu
K1 Teoría Crítica de la Lingüística y el Lenguaje
K1 tradición clásica
K1 poesía latina
K1 lingüística del texto
K1 metáfora
AB Among the many varied creaturesthat appear inthe Epigramsbythe Latin poet Marcus Valerius Martialis(1st c.A.D.), we find acharacter who jumps from one verse to another as a spectator, performer, traveller, lover or guest: this is precisely the character of the Reader, whose act of reading is a continuous metamorphosis, since the–dynamic, never static–immortality of the poet of Bílbilis, who will return to a new life with each reinterpretation, depends  on  the  fact  that ‘reading’remains  a  verb  in  constant  execution.  Thus,  the  great dynamism with which Martial conceives the act of reading, always with the creative force of the metaphor, leads us to frame our interpretation of his poems in the theory of speaking as energeiadeveloped by Eugenio Coseriu, as well as in the current postulates of Ana Agud's Critical Theory of Linguistics and Language.
PB University of Zurich
SN 1869-4233
YR 2025
FD 2025
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39526
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/39526
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026