Manuscript Matrix and Meaning in Castilian and Catalan Anthologies of Saints' Lives and Pious Romance

Francomano, Emily C.

doi:10.3828/bhs.81.2.1

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“…erec, Yvain in Le chevalier au lion, Partonopeus in Partonopeus de Blois, guinglain in Le bel inconnu, and countless other romance knights' adventures amount to the quest for a wife outside the safety of family boundaries, a fact that scholars have related to the situation of noble unmarried iuvenes looking to set up their own household (Bloch 1983: 194-95;Huchet 1984: 27-32;gaunt 1995: 77). Similar preoccupations remain central in later romances such as La enperatris de Roma or La fiyla del rey d'Ungría, which explore the tension between endogamy and exogamy, looking at the traffic in women from the point of view of 'wife-errant' heroines, tortured but ultimately victorious in their exogamic adventures (Francomano 2004). therefore, by choosing to explore the threats and rewards of exogamy, the PMC confronts a question at the root of contemporary romance, a choice that accounts to a great extent for its generic ambiguity.…”

Section: Exogamy and Its Discontents: Trafficking In Menmentioning

confidence: 97%

‘A guisa de varón’: Masculinity and Genre in the Poema de mio Cid

Pascual-Argente

2013

Bulletin of Hispanic Studies

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this article examines the interplay between masculinity and genre in the Poema de mio Cid. recent critical readings have correctly recognized the impact on this epic poem of courtly and chivalric culture, often noting the interference of the main courtly narrative genre, romance, on the poem's treatment of women. In contrast, I shall argue that, rather than in terms of interference, the relationship of the Poema de mio Cid to romance is best described as a conscious dialogue, and that a crucial element in such a dialogue is the poem's construction of masculinity. the Poema de mio Cid, I contend, tries to demonstrate the relevance of the epic genre to respond to pressing questions posed by romance, and as a consequence develops a new epic masculinity.Resumen este artículo examina la conexión entre masculinidad y género literario en el Poema de mio Cid. la crítica ha reconocido recientemente el impacto en este poema épico de la cultura cortés y caballeresca, señalando con frecuencia la interferencia del principal género narrativo cortés, la novela caballeresca, en el tratamiento de las mujeres en el poema. Propongo en cambio que, en lugar de hablar de interferencia, la relación del Poema de mio Cid con la novela caballeresca se describiría con mayor exactitud como un diálogo consciente y que un elemento fundamental en ese diálogo es la construcción de la masculinidad en el poema. el Poema de mio Cid, desde mi punto de vista, trata de demostrar la relevancia del género épico para responder a problemas candentes planteados por la novela caballeresca y, como consecuencia, desarrolla una nueva masculinidad épica.

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Section: Exogamy and Its Discontents: Trafficking In Menmentioning

confidence: 97%