Contexts of early modern period exempla: opportunities for further research
The article defines the exemplum as an intertext in homiletic literature of various origins. The genre, modelled on the dichotomy of redemption (motives of virtue) and damnation (motives of sin), served the didactic function. Basic source texts for exempla were biblical and classical (or pseudo-clas...
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Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Slovak Literature
2023-01-01
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| Series: | Slovenska Literatura |
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| Online Access: | https://www.sav.sk/journals/uploads/12142032SL_6-22-02.pdf |