Medeae Medea Forem: The Faces of the Feminine in Ovidian Epistles.

• Grant number: 22/10949-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: November 01, 2022
• End date: October 31, 2023
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Literature - Classical Literatures
• Principal Investigator: Bianca Fanelli Morganti
• Grantee: Maria Eduarda Zampieri Ambrasas
• Host Institution: Escola de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (EFLCH). Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP). Campus Guarulhos. Guarulhos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The following study focuses on the work Heroides, by Publius Ovid Naso, morespecifically the letters VI and XII, from Hypsipyle to Jason and from Medea to Jason,respectively. We will analyze the way in which the poet creates an intratextual andintertextual dialogue between the mentioned epistles, in addition to dialoguing with otherworks of the author. The research will also seek to delve into the way in which Ovidconstructed the feminine, while simultaneously working with the epistolary and elegiacgenres.