With subtle irony Ovid relegated by Tomi leads the direction of an unlikely encounter of his wife with the ‘first lady’, Livia, in Ex Ponto III 1. There is a sophisticated affinity between Ovid’s tale, in his exilic poetry but also in many episodes of the Metamorphoses, and some novels of Salman Rushdie, especially Shame and The Satanic Verses. This acquisition of that irony, inspiring of Rushdian satirical humor, leads us to recognize a post-ideology in Ovid’s work and allows us to interpret an ingenious manipulation of the classic by the Anglo-Indian writer. This very particular re-use of Ovidian inspiration generates in the interpreter the belief that there is a interchangeability of text and hypotext between classic author and modern storyteller.
Crescenzo Formicola ha insegnato Letteratura latina all’Università “Federico II” di Napoli. È autore di numerosi saggi ed articoli apparsi su riviste scientifiche italiane e straniere. Ha prodotto l’edizione critica del Cynegeticon di Grattio e del Pervigilium Veneris, la traduzione delle Georgiche di Virgilio, la traduzione e il commento del libro IV degli Annales di Tacito. Dirige la Rivista “Vichiana” (Pisa-Roma) e la Collana di studi classici «Biblioteca di Vichiana».
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