From clerics to lyricists: medieval don-juanism and monastic pickup

Authors

  • Marina A. Mojeiko Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, 17 Rabkaraŭskaja Street, Minsk 220007, Belarus

Keywords:

Ovidian Renaissance, lyric poetry, erotic lyricism, transformation of the traditional problematics of lyrical texts, seduction rules, proto-Casanova

Abstract

The interpretation of love is considered in the context of the lyric poetry of the Ovidian Renaissance. The focus is on such issues as the rethinking of traditional issues of lyric poetry, new themes and lyric plots of Ovidian poets, the influence of their work on the orthodox-Christian context and the reverse influence of this context on their mentality, the role of the Ovidian Renaissance in the legitimacy of love in the context of medieval culture.

Author Biography

  • Marina A. Mojeiko, Belarusian State University of Culture and Arts, 17 Rabkaraŭskaja Street, Minsk 220007, Belarus

    doctor of science (philosophy), full professor; head of the department of philosophy and methodology of humanities, faculty of culturology and sociocultural activities

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2019-10-02

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Mojeiko, M.A. 2019. From clerics to lyricists: medieval don-juanism and monastic pickup. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Sociology. 3 (Oct. 2019), 73–83.