摘要
奥古斯都时期的诗人已经面对着一个复杂性堪比现代的文学秩序,这个秩序由国家、恩主、友人与公众组成。文学赞助体制的流行迫使诗人在艺术与权力之间周旋,成熟的文学发表、传播和销售渠道则以文学趣味和审美风尚的形式向诗人施压。贺拉斯的成功秘诀在于,他通过精心设计的写作策略最大限度地利用了这个秩序的优势,避免了它的负面效应,不仅没有沦为牺牲品,反而塑造了罗马的诗歌走向。
Roman poets in the Augustan era were already faced with a literary order the complexity of which was almost modern,composed of the state,the public,patrons and friends. The prevalence of literary patronage compelled poets to negotiate between art and political power,whereas a well-developed mechanism of publication,transmission and book trade exerted pressure on them in terms of tastes and fashions. Horace's success lay in his ability to outmaneuver the system through ingenious strategies,whereby instead of falling victim to it,he managed to shape the course of Roman poetry.
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