There are, no doubt, aspects that suggest a continuity between the Poema del Cid and the Poema de Fernan Gonzalez, and these must be recognized before attempting more narrow determinations that can serve to distinguish the two poems. This sense of continuity between the juglaria and the clerecia traditions is attributable to the practice of the literate clerics who borrowed from the juglaria poets. But in the oral-based society in which these poets functioned, few people knew the written word, and the literate mentality of the clerics produced works which were essentially distinct from a poem like the Cid The purpose of this study is to describe the peculiar expression of the Cid, particularly in the ways it differs from the PFG. The focus is on the syntactic traits of the two poems in relation to formula, lexis, and poetic form. The many examples of syntactic differences between the two poems dissipate the initial impression of continuity. The Cid is the product of a long oral-tradition by which the poet of the PFG was influenced, but the language he employs, full of metaphors and abstractions, his inability or unwillingness to portray Fernan Gonzalez as an epic hero free of faults, the more extensive vocabulary at his disposal, and the replacement of a feudal hierarchy by an ecclesiastical one all point to a learned cleric, far removed from the one-dimensional view of society that permeates the Cid / acase@tulane.edu
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TULANE/oai:http://digitallibrary.tulane.edu/:tulane_26227 |
| Date | January 1989 |
| Contributors | Bailey, Matthew James (Author), Montgomery, Thomas (Thesis advisor) |
| Publisher | Tulane University |
| Source Sets | Tulane University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Rights | Access requires a license to the Dissertations and Theses (ProQuest) database., Copyright is in accordance with U.S. Copyright law |
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