%0 Journal Article %T Acies inimica propinquans: la ¨¦pica burlesca en el L. IV de la Rusticatio Mexicana %A Su¨¢rez %A Marcela Alejandra %J Circe de cl£¿£¿sicos y modernos %D 2010 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X according to humanist appreciation the heroic and didactic poetry ranks highest in the hierarchy of poetical genres. among the numerous productions, ijsewijnsacr¨¦ (1998) distinguish the burlesque epic poems. in book iv of rusticatio mexicana, rafael land¨ªvar introduces burlesque passage when inserts the battles of the cochineals or purple worms. kerson (1990) thinks that the mock -heroic style is destined to arouse the reader. but the burlesque treatment of the battles has an exemplar purpose. %K didactic poetry %K burlesque epic poetry %K neolatin literature %K parody %K battles. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-17242010000100007&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en