Tres penitències amoroses? Els periples expiatoris d’Amadís, Tirant i Don Quijote
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Universitat d'Alacant
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ISSN: 0210-7287
Year of publication: 2012
Issue Title: Utopías críticas: la literatura mundial según América latina
Issue: 2
Pages: 231-253
Type: Article
More publications in: 1616: Anuario de la Sociedad Española de Literatura General y Comparada
Abstract
We provide an overview of the relevance for the literary knight’s life passing through a period of penance and its later rebirth. In particular, we analyze the passage of the knights’ main characters of Amadís de Gaula, Tirant lo Blanc and Don Quijote de la Mancha in this penitent phase from a comparative perspective in order to establish their relationships. Therefore, we focus on the figure of Amadís, retreating to the Peña Pobre, cry the Oriana’s loss and establish the most relevant model for others to follow his penance. Indeed, so in the case of Don Quijote, that decides, in imitation of it first, to embark on this adventure. However, we must wonder ourselves if Don Quijote follows exactly the same model as Amadís. Finally, we will study the example of Tirant and we question if the African chapters of this novel may correspond to the knightly penance’s phase.