Mimesis of culture: a study of the rhetoric figure of ekphrasis

Authors

  • Álvaro Cardoso Gomes Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade de Santo Amaro

Keywords:

ekphrasis, Poetry, Description, Mimesis, Culture, Graphic arts,

Abstract

This article, at first, intends to study the concept of ekphrasis, and then apply it in poems of Homer, Theocritus, Keats, Alberto de Oliveira, Verlaine, Wallace Stevens and Murilo Mendes. Our intent is to demonstrate that the rhetorical figure of ekphrasis, more than simple description, meant to be a mimesis of culture.

Author Biography

Álvaro Cardoso Gomes, Universidade de São Paulo, Universidade de Santo Amaro

Professor Titular da USP (DLCV), coordenador do Mestrtado Interdisciplinar em Ciências Humanas da UNISA

Published

18/12/2015

Issue

Section

Varia