Formalistic aspects of Cervantes's Novelas ejemplares / Joseph V. Ricapito.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ricapito, Joseph V.

Series:

Medieval and Renaissance studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 17.

Studies in Renaissance literature ; v. 16.

Studies in Renaissance literature ; v. 16

Medieval and Renaissance studies ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Novelas ejemplares.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616--Technique.

Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.

Technique.

Physical Description:

154 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lewiston, N.Y. : E. Mellen Press, [1997]

Contents:

1. Intertextuality, Genre, and Didacticism 9

1.1. Novelas ejemplares and other Literary Forms 9

1.2. Didactic Moral Perspectives 15

2. Social Contexts 25

2.1. "Lo social" 25

2.2. Class, Nobility, the "Good People" 26

2.3. The Real and Reality 30

2.4. Real Places 32

2.5. Money 34

2.6. Honor 38

2.7. Religion and Religious Questions 41

3. Narrative Strategies 49

3.1. Narrative Strategies 49

3.2. Narrative Obstacles 50

3.4. Narrative Structure and Structural Levels 72

3.5. Plot 76

3.6. Narrative and Storytelling 83

3.7. Language as Mask 86

3.8. Mudanza 88

3.9. Exoticism 92

3.10. Time 93

4. Further Narrative Devices 101

4.1. Ideal Characters 101

4.2. Appearances 106

4.3. Appearances and Reality 109

4.4. Adventure 109

4.5. Anagnorisis 111

4.6. Humor 112

4.7. Irony 113

4.8. Perspectivism 115

4.9. Satire 116

5. Drama and Dramatic Possibilities 121

5.1. Dramatic Possibilities 121

5.2. Theatricality 121

5.3. Visibilite 123

5.4. Spectacle/Visibilite 124

5.5. Auditory 125

6. Themes 129

6.1. Friendship 129

6.2. Marriage 129

6.3. Freedom 131

6.4. Truth 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 141-151).

ISBN:

0773485562

OCLC:

37195262