Don Fowler in his essay, "Virgilian Narrative - Story-Telling", (9/22/12) argues that The Aeneid "has much to say about story-telling itself" (259). The author does this by breaking down parts of a story into different sections: narrators, oppositions, plot, story, book, point of view, and singing and writing, and explaining the different parts and their relevance to The Aeneid. The author does this in order to break down the epic and give a deeper insight and more information to the reader so that they can examine these individual aspects better as they read. The author intends to give this information to people reading Virgil's works, especially the Aeneid, to help them get more out of their reading.
This essay was the most boring of all those that I've read so far. I did not think that it was overly persuasive at all, and really didn't gain, what I would consider, a ton of useful information. I wish the author would have had a little bit better of an introduction and conclusion to bring the whole paper together and really explain his purpose; however, I did like that he was concise and to the point. Overall, not the greatest source of information on how to examine the Aeneid, but still somewhat helpful.
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