L’imaginari popular en sant Vicent Ferrer: semblances i exemples en els Sermons vicentins

Résumé

The Sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer are a true treasure from a linguistic point of view, and, obviously, from a theological position. In this contribution, however, an analytical approach to the Sermons of Vincent Ferrer is proposed from several ethnopoetic perspectives: taking into account narrative motifs, themes, beliefs, arguments, images and referents, directly borrowed from the folk imaginary. The study of the similarities and examples inserted by Saint Vincent Ferrer not only brings light on the communicative techniques and the discursive strategies of his preaching, but also on some specific features —very interesting etnopoetically— about Valencian folktales. So, for example, some internationally indexed and typified folktales, which have never been identified nor catalogued in the Valencian cultural context for the last two centuries, can be documented, however, in the Sermons of Saint Vincent Ferrer. This is the case, without going any further, of type ATU 1 («The Theft of Fish»), and also of type ATU 1331 («The Covetous and the Envious»).