Browsing by Subject "Epic"

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    La laisse CLXXXVII: estructura y motivos cómicos en la Chanson de Roland.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones, 2019) Navas, Roger
    The structure of La Chanson de Roland has been deeply studied by many scholars; the debate surrounding “Baligant” is one of the recurrent topics. In this article, we focus on the laisse CLXXXVII, which is placed at the beginning of the episode, in order to reveal certain structural and semantic parallelisms outside of the framework of the authenticity discussion; we also describe the function of these parallelisms, especially the way in which they help the transition between the two halves of the Chanson; studying the purpose of these symbolic correspondences leads us to look into the existence of comical elements in the text. Accordingly, after a short introduction, the second section is dedicated to a formal analysis of the laisse, the third serves to contextualize it, reconstructing the temporal progression of the story, and, fnally, the fourth section studies this comical component and its elaboration on the laisse.
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    "Maravilla es del Cid, que su ondra creçe tanto". Argumentación y apartes en el poema de "Mío Cid
    (2015-12-03) Quero, Alberto
    This paper analyzes certain aspects related to the argumentation and the character's dialogues within the Poem of Mío Cid. These aspects are linked to a theatrical figure called aside. The basic goal of this resource is to tell the audience the real intentions of a certain character, while the others do not know what is going on. We have taken into account the number of times that the characters get involved and their dramatic meaning.  The method of study is semiotic and textual interpretative and that of documental analysis of the text. We consulted several sources that have studied the work of the author. Later on, we elaborated our own interpretative model. We conclude that, if it is true that the Poem of Mío Cid is a medieval text, its argumentative procedures can be analyzed through modern methods. This situation turns the Poem into a milestone in universal literature.
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    Soundjata ou l’épopée mandingue de D. T. Niane: de la transmisión oral a la publicación en francés.
    (Universidad de Murcia, Servicio de Publicaciones., 2018) Montes Nogales, Vicente Enrique
    Abstract: This article aims to present Soundjata ou l’épopée mandingue (1960), of D. T. Niane, an epic story that tells the deeds of Soundjata, a hero who glorified the big Mandinka empire in the 13th century, not only through the griot poets’ words, but also thanks to his own creative work. To this end, we compare this literary work with another version of this epic story. L’épopée de Sunjara d’après Lansine Diabaté de Kéla (Malí) (1995), collated, transcribed and translated by Jansen, Duintjer and Tamboura, much closer to the oral sources than the story of Niane. Soundjata ou l’épopée mandingue, like other versions of the epic poem, has been published in French and thanks to this language the Mandinka monarch’s adventures crossed the boundaries of the African continent.