La dinámica de las transacciones en el teatro plautino: un análisis de lo aequum en Amphitruo y Poenulus.
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2018
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Escuela de Letras. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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En el corpus plautino, lo aequum constituye un tópico en las transacciones
entre las entidades dramáticas: la equidad del dar y el recibir, propia del intercambio
económico, reaparece como sustrato en la lógica de los discursos jurídicos, religiosos y
sociales.
En este artículo, se apunta a dilucidar cómo interviene este concepto en el entramado
teatral de Poenulus y Amphitruo. Se analiza en qué medida la transgresión o preservación
de la equidad caracteriza a las personae a partir del modo en que sus acciones apuntan a
restablecer lo equitativo cuando surgen desequilibrios en el ius.
Por último, se consideran los efectos en el auditorio, en la medida en que la
intencionalidad persuasiva de la acción dramática propone un tránsito desde la
inaequalitas hacia la aequalitas.
In the plautine corpus, aequum as a notion provides a topic for the transactions between the dramatic entities: the equity of giving and receiving, typical in the economic exchange, reappears as a substrate of legal, religious and social discourses. This article is aimed at elucidating how this concept intervenes in the theatrical frame of Poenulus and Amphitruo. It is analyzed to what extent the transgression or the preservation of the equal exchange can be proposed as a constitutive feature of the personae, by considering the way in which their actions aim at restoring the equitable conditions when imbalances arise in the ius. Finally, the effects on reception by the audience are considered, insofar as the persuasive intentionality of the dramatic action proposes a transition from inaequalitas to aequalitas.
In the plautine corpus, aequum as a notion provides a topic for the transactions between the dramatic entities: the equity of giving and receiving, typical in the economic exchange, reappears as a substrate of legal, religious and social discourses. This article is aimed at elucidating how this concept intervenes in the theatrical frame of Poenulus and Amphitruo. It is analyzed to what extent the transgression or the preservation of the equal exchange can be proposed as a constitutive feature of the personae, by considering the way in which their actions aim at restoring the equitable conditions when imbalances arise in the ius. Finally, the effects on reception by the audience are considered, insofar as the persuasive intentionality of the dramatic action proposes a transition from inaequalitas to aequalitas.
Keywords
aequum, transacción, Poenulus, Amphitruo, Plauto, transaction, Plautus