BORGES, PETRONIO Y LA CURIOSA FELICITAS

CARMIGNANI, M. F.

ANCIENT NARRATIVE

BARKHUIS

Lugar: GRONINGEN; Año: 2024 vol. 20 p. 1 - 20

1568-3532

As many scholars have shown, Borges admired not only some Latin authors but also the Latin language. In this paper, I will focus on Petronius, an author who has a marginal place in Borges’ canon, but who, nevertheless, was mentioned by the Argentine writer in several passages of his corpus. In this case, I will examine the famous formulation curiosa felicitas (Sat. 118) that Borges takes up in some of his texts. The aims of this paper are: 1) to review the characteristics and meaning of that famous Petronius’ iunctura; 2) to determine where Borges might have read Petronius’ expression; and 3) to try to define Borges’ artistic and aesthetic consideration of the Satyricon.