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Chapter Two: The Presence of the carpe diem theme in Celestina.

Chapter 2 of the book "La Celestina: A Feminist Reading of the Carpe Diem" is presented. It explores the portrayal of characters, body concepts and importance of eating and drinking in "La Celestina," which are related to the carpe diem theme. In character portrayal, the carpe diem theme is manifest...

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Published in:La Celestina: A Feminist Reading of the Carpe Diem pp. 15 - 33
Main Author: Hartunian, Diane
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Digitalia Publishing Corp. 1991
Subjects:
La Celestina: A Feminist Reading of the Carpe Diem Theme (Book)
Hartunian, Diane
Story plots
Fiction
Literary criticism
Literary characters
Medieval & Renaissance (Literary period)
20th century (Literary period)
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Summary:Chapter 2 of the book "La Celestina: A Feminist Reading of the Carpe Diem" is presented. It explores the portrayal of characters, body concepts and importance of eating and drinking in "La Celestina," which are related to the carpe diem theme. In character portrayal, the carpe diem theme is manifested in every page of the book that is expressed directly or indirectly by almost all the characters. It is concluded that carpe diem theme was used throughout the book and transformed the characters into highly sensual one.