Auteur(s) : Anna Lydia MOTO et John R. CLARK (Univ. of South Florida, Tampa, USA)
Titre : Dramatic Art and Irony in Seneca's De providentia
Revue : L’Antiquité Classique
Volume : 42
Date : 1973
Pages : 28-35

Abstract:
Unlike several previous examination of Seneca’s De Providentia which are concerned with this work’s rhetorical organization, the present study focuses upon literary structure and artistic form. Seneca’s use of irony, of paradox, of personal reference, of a hardheaded adversarius, and a Euripidean deus ex machina – all serve to complicate and to enrich what might have been merely formal argument or facile debate.