Analogy, Exemplum, and the First Tale of Juan Manuel's "El Conde Lucanor."
In Juan Manuel's fourteenth-century masterpiece "El Conde Lucanor," the analogical relationship between the narrative frame and the intercalated apologues has often been mentioned. This article makes use of recent work on the way analogies function in order to better understand the much-vaunted ''di...
| Publicado en: | Hispanic Review Vol. 78; no. 3; pp. 301 - 323 |
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| Formato: | Literary Criticism |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
Summer2010
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| Sumario: | In Juan Manuel's fourteenth-century masterpiece "El Conde Lucanor," the analogical relationship between the narrative frame and the intercalated apologues has often been mentioned. This article makes use of recent work on the way analogies function in order to better understand the much-vaunted ''didacticism'' of the "Conde Lucanor." Investigation of the first "ejemplo" from the standpoint of recent theoretical work on analogies reveals that two analogies are in fact in operation, the second of which ''thinks'' the "Conde Lucanor" as a book and makes Patronio and his apologues indispensable to Count Lucanor for the duration of book. |
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