A READING OF IMAGES OF SUBVERSION OF LAW IN LUCAN'S PHARSALIA BOOK I

Abstract

The text Pharsalia is an epic poem written by Lucan; the epic chronicles a civil war between Caesar and Pompey, being written through a classic literary resource, in media res. This article aims to analyze the subversion of law and the images of that recurring practice, based on book I, the verses 1-10, 35-40, 171-182. The problem that aims to answer is how the subversions of the Right and its images favor of unilateral interests of power within the first book of Pharsalia. Therefore, expected results are that the hypotheses of this article are confirmed around the assumptions: first, that the civil war wins a superlative by designating facts warfare that go beyond of civility, the converted right to crime is sung; second, it is a Civil War because the holders of power themselves subvert the law, aimed at maintaining their power interests and silencing the law.