LOS NOMBRES PROPIOS EN EL LIBRO XI DE MARX CARMINA SATURAE DE LUCILIO: ESTRATEGIAS LINGUÍSTICAS PARA LA CRÍTICA SOCIAL Y LA CONFIGURACIÓN ENUNCIATIVA DEL YO SATÍRICO

Abstract

Book XI of Lucilius‟ Satires presents an array of proper nouns that exceed their referential value and become bearers of a descriptive meaning. The particular status of proper nouns allows us to delve into them in referential terms, while also implying their absorption in satirical fiction as configurators of meanings and values. They represent the paradigm that expresses the positive and negative values for their time, while at the same time manifesting a position taken by the satirist for the condemnation of vices and for a possible definition of satire. The more or less documentary references to characters of the time presented as opposed to Scipio are charged in the satirical code with meanings that exceed their referential value and are intermingled with oxymorons, alliterations, parallelisms, metonymies, double entendres, references to events of the time, jokes, and comic nicknames, forming the counterpoint of the figure and name of Scipio, as the bearer of the mores maiores. In turn, the configuration of this counterpoint contributes to propose a definition of satire in which it is the satirical ego that distributes values, judges, and presents a certain conception of history.