title: Epideictic Function of the Historical Narrative in J. Higgins’ Versified Monologues (“The Mirror for Magistrates”) and in E. Spenser’s “Briton Moniments” (“The Faerie Queene”, Book II, Canto X)
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metadata.value: Nikitenko, Yulia N.
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metadata.value: 2018-01-29T09:37:30Z
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metadata.value: Nikitenko Yu. N. Epideictic Function of the Historical Narrative in J. Higgins’ Versified Monologues (“The Mirror for Magistrates”) and in E. Spenser’s “Briton Moniments” (“The Faerie Queene”, Book II, Canto X). Vestnik SPbSU. Language and Literature, 2017, vol. 14, issue 4, pp. 544–553.
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metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu09.2017.404
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metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/8968
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metadata.value: The article compares a part of Edmund Spenser’s “The Faerie Queene” and the monologues added to
  “The Mirror for Magistrates” by J. Higgins. No one has published in Russian a comparison of these two
  works. This article establishes Elizabethan notions of the functions of historical writing as a theoretical
  context of the study. Since moralizing and praising were regarded as the main functions of history and
  historical poetry, the realisation of epideictic and didactic functions in the texts concerned became
  the subject of our analysis. Spenser and Higgins were contemporaries, they both were concerned with
  the same historical period, and they shared the same text as their main source — all these established the grounds for our comparison. The earliest period of the British history and episodes where female characters were among the main actors, — the stories ofLocrine and Guendolene, Leire and Cordeile, — appeared to be the most important for both authors. The analysis showed that didactic and epideictic functions were realized in both texts, although not in the same degree. Moralising dominated in Higgins’ monologues, while praising dominated in Spenser’s text. Higgins believed the reign of Britain’s first king Brutus was a prosperous golden age, followed however by a train of misfortunes by the depiction of which he teaches us the uncertainty of political life. Spenser also praised Brutus’ Britain, calling it an “empire”, but even more clearly epideictic function was realized in his account of the episodes with Guendolen and Cordeila. Having more independence than they were allowed in these texts, they were said by Spenser to be good rulers. Moreover, Spenser slightly transformed the story to present Guendolen more favourably. The poet there skillfully used a tale about Elizabeth I’s ancestors to praise the Queene. Refs 13.
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metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
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metadata.value: Vestnik of St Petersburg University. Language and Literature;Volume 14; Issue 4
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Faerie Queene
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metadata.value: E. Spenser
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metadata.value: Renaissance historical poetry
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metadata.value: Mirror for Magistrates
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Locrin
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metadata.value: Leir
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metadata.value: epideictic function
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metadata.value: didactic function
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metadata.value: Epideictic Function of the Historical Narrative in J. Higgins’ Versified Monologues (“The Mirror for Magistrates”) and in E. Spenser’s “Briton Moniments” (“The Faerie Queene”, Book II, Canto X)
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