Abstract
Ekphrasis oreuidentia is an important picture of affection which plays a significant role in poetry. This vivid and detailed description of an object or action makes what is being described emerge in order to provoke readers' emotions, moving their passion through poetical representation. The article presents some of the linguistic resources used to build this affective picture in two different episodes of two epic poems: Aeneid by Virgil and Os Lusíadas by Camões.
 
 
 
Highlights
É vasto o campo semântico abarcado pelo termo ékphrasis
Ekphrasis or euidentia is an important picture of affection which plays a significant role in poetry
The article presents some of the linguistic resources used to build this affective picture in two different episodes of two epic poems: Aeneid by Virgil and Os Lusíadas by Camões
Summary
É vasto o campo semântico abarcado pelo termo ékphrasis. Atualmente encontramos este vocábulo referindo-se, mais freqüentemente, à descrição literária de um trabalho de arte. O poeta torna manifesto, então, o efeito que Enéias causaria na rainha Dido e nos demais ouvintes ao descrever a morte de Laocoonte, sobretudo com o emprego de recursos técnicos que confeririam a sensação não apenas de uma simples referência, mas da própria visão e experiência do acontecimento a que os ouvintes seriam submetidos por meio da clareza e vivacidade desta descrição, e que os coloca na posição de espectadores do que se vai narrar.
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