Claridiano y Rosalvira. Twins as the feature of a cycle in the second part of the Espejo de príncipes y caballeros

Authors

  • Maribel Ayala Rodríguez Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13136/2284-2667/1253

Keywords:

Espejo de príncipes y caballeros, twins, siblings, incest, cycles, romances of chivalry

Abstract

This work studies the role of the twins Claridiano and Rosalvira in the second part of the Espejo de Príncipes y Caballeros, by Pedro de la Sierra (1580), since it is a family bond that is prominent in the cycle. This research postulates that in this work, twins become an emblematic resource that reinforces the continuity between the parts, as they resume the bond of the protagonists of the first part, meet objectives set in it and introduce structural innovation. Three aspects are reviewed: the passage of the twins from the first to the second part, the narrative possibilities of twins of different sex, and the development of the main conflict, which revolves around incest.

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Published

2022-12-22

Issue

No. 10 (2022): From the «historia fingida» to the modern novel. The poetics of fiction in Spanish romances of chivalry

Section

Monographic

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