Third Year Hon. Mention: Roman Bodies as Bodies of Romans: Corporeal Symbolism in Lucan's Pharsalia

HUMA 3107, Roman Republican Literature. CD: Sarah Blake.

Abstract

In his compelling paper, Roman Bodies as Bodies of Romans: Corporeal Symbolism in Lucan’s “Pharsalia”, author Nicolas Hore cogently analyses Lucan’s ten book poem focusing on the poet’s use of the human body in all its forms as a symbol of Rome itself.  Hore provides an in-depth yet surprisingly concise examination of this theme relying on a few well-chosen examples from this rather lengthy poem.  Combined with its elegant and refined prose, this succinctness carries the reader forward effortlessly and with great pleasure.  The essay is certainly most worthy of winning runner-up for third year writing in the Faculty of LA&PS.  The author should be truly proud of his efforts here.