Writing the Antithesis of María of Aragón: Alvaro de Luna's Rendering of Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris.
In forming the canon of works that exemplify the debate on women in the fifteenth century, particularly in the Iberian Peninsula, there is often one text omitted. This work was composed by perhaps the most notorious figure in Spanish history: Alvaro de Luna. Although more commonly known as the king'...
| Publicado en: | Scripta no. 2; pp. 325 - 338 |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Formato: | Artículo |
| Publicado: |
Scripta
Dec2013
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=95260468&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 95260468 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 23404841 GD46 jtl: Scripta issn: 23404841 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Dec2013 iid: 2 pid: 89094 pub: Scripta artinfo: ui: 95260468 10.7203/SCRIPTA.2.3097 ppf: 325 ppct: 13 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 310KB tig: atl: Writing the Antithesis of María of Aragón: Alvaro de Luna's Rendering of Giovanni Boccaccio's De mulieribus claris. aug: au: MCGOVERN, ABBY affil: Albright College su: Spanish history Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 Women in literature Luna, Alvaro de, d. 1453 Debate poetry sug: subj: Spanish history Boccaccio, Giovanni, 1313-1375 Women in literature Luna, Alvaro de, d. 1453 Debate poetry keyword: Alvaro de Luna Debate on Women in the Middle Ages Giovanni Boccaccio John II María of Aragon medieval biography pro-feminine texts Álvaro de Luna el debat de les dones a l'edat mitjana, els textos pro-femenins, la biografia medieval Giovanni Boccaccio Joan II de Castella la cort de Castella Maria d'Aragó ab: In forming the canon of works that exemplify the debate on women in the fifteenth century, particularly in the Iberian Peninsula, there is often one text omitted. This work was composed by perhaps the most notorious figure in Spanish history: Alvaro de Luna. Although more commonly known as the king's lifelong companion and privado, Luna was also the author of Libro de las claras e virtuosas mugeres. Among the auctoridades that Luna credits, he does mention one medieval writer as a source of inspiration: Giovanni Boccaccio. His work, De claris mulieribus was written a mere 73 years prior to Luna's Castilian version and it can be argued that Luna's 15th century work is an adaptation or imitation of its Italian predecessor. The texts present themselves similar in purpose, content and structure. While some critics have dismissed the intrinsic similarities between the two texts, this article will discuss how Alvaro de Luna chose to craft a 15th century adaptation of Boccaccio's obra maestro and give examples of the debt that Luna owes to the Italian version. It will be discussed in this article how Luna utilized his work to not only instruct María on how she should behave, but to also exemplify women who were good and virtuous and thusly, offering the antithesis of what Luna believed María was. Quan es parla del cànon dels textos que formen el debat de les dones a l'edat mitjana, específicament a la Península Ibèrica, moltes vegades ens cal un sol text: el Libro de las claras e virtuosas mugeres per don Álvaro de Luna. Al Libro, Luna cita a les figures patrístiques, la Bíblia i els escriptors clàssics i els filosòfs com a fonts de referència. Però, entre les autoritats que cita Luna, s'esmenta una autoritat medieval: Giovanni Boccaccio. Boccaccio va escriure la seua obra mestra, De claris mulieribus, 73 anys abans i es pot proposar que l'obra de Luna, del segle XV, és una veritable adaptació o imitació a la seua versió italiana. En aquest article es vol proposar que hi ha una explicació al fet de per què Luna va triar l'obra boccacciana com a model per a la seua. Tots dos textos són semblants en el seu propòsit, en el contingut i en l'estructura. Investiguem com Álvaro de Luna trià l'obra boccacciana per produir una adaptació castellana. També donem alguns exemples concrets del deute respecte del text italià. S'investiga com Luna utilitzava aquesta forma d'escriptura per a produir un text per instruir la reina, quant al seu comportament. A més, Luna volia donar exemple amb nombroses dones virtuoses per demostrar com de dolenta era ella, al seu parer. També per aquest text, Luna podia oferir l'antítesi del que pensava que Maria exemplificava. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Scripta is the property of Scripta and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Scripta holder: Scripta dt: @attributes: year: 2013 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|