Una revolucion literaria en el occidente latino: las confesiones de san agustín

Abstract

Las Confesiones de San Agustin inaguran en la literatura latina, no solamente cristiana, un genero nuevo. Se trata de presentar un dialogo entre Agustin y Dios, el Agustin que aún no se ha convertido, antes del 386, y el Agustin converso de la epoca en que escribe esta obra. EI autor busca mostrar la manifestaci6n de Dios a traves de una vida humana. Los model os de la antiguedad estan presentes en la expresión de este antiguo maestro de retórica. EI autor del articulo busca ayudar a sus oyentes y lectores a apreciar la poesia de las imágenes y la rnúsica de varios pasajes del libro.

Saint Augustine's Confessions introduce a novel genre not only into e Christian but also the Latin literature. They consist of a dialogue between Augustine and God, before his conversion in 386 as well as after, when he wrote that work, which deals with God's manifestation through a human life. The models from Antiquity emerge as well since he was a master in rhetoric. The author of the present article helps his hearers and readers to appreciate the poetical imagery and musical tonahty of several passages of the book.