Boris A. Novak has translated a choice of poems written by one of the leading contemporary Spanish poets Jaime Siles for the purpose of his dialogue with the great Slovene poetess Svetlana Makarovič moderated by Novak. It took place in the Club of the cultural centre Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana in the organization of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Spain and the Slovene Writers' Association. This important step for the Spanish-Slovene cultural relations was documented in the publication which includes Novak's comment as well.
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The prosimetrum of the Consolation of Philosophy allotsa special position to the Orpheus poem. Lady Philosophy,who recites the poem in her dialogue with the prisoner,draws in her retelling of Orpheus underground descent onancient Roman poets, at the same time taking up Platosfamous parable of the cave. Orpheus glance back at Eurydice,Virgils major poetic innovation in the Orpheus myth,becomes a testimony to the fatal human attachment to thesensible world, and Orpheus tale an example ex negativofor those attempting to rise above the world. The prisoner,however, foils Philosophys plan, continually sidetrackingher into digressions and finally altogether disappearingfrom the dialogue. Most recently, his silence has been interpretedas a sign of Boethius Christian stance. And it mightwell be patterned on Orpheus backward glance: while theprisoner does not reject Philosophy and her urge to moveon up, he looks back as well. But at what?
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COBISS.SI-ID: 53681762Based on this conference proceeding, a longer scientific paper will be issued this year in Keria. The paper will speak about the verse from the poem of Parmenides, which, according to J. Beaufret, is »one of the most beautiful verses in Greek – a Presocratic moonlight, a shining residue of a mutilated whole«. Instead of the usual astronomical reading it will present the poetic reading of the verse.
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