A Ars amatoria de Ovídio e os padrões da poesia didática: entre a adoção e a irreverência

Abstract

In this paper we aim to show that the insertion of the Ars amatoria by Ovid in the category of didactic poetry should not be taken as definitive. Despite the presence of elements considered characteristic of this type of poetry (VOLK, 2002), the Ars also displays many unusual constituents in its generic construction. The boldness to define itself as a work whose first objective is to teach and discipline people on the matters of love, and the strong presence of elegiac elements that generate effects of great irreverence on the text can be cited as two of these atypical characteristics. Besides, there is also the common use of topoithat come from the didactic poetry for both hunting and farming. The use of such topoigrants the work transformed contexts of hilarity that produce effects that could be understood as parodies of the “serious” didactic poetry.