Towards a new subjectivity: the father figure in the sentimental genre and La Celestina

Autor: Anna Casas Aguilar
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />French<br />Italian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Celestinesca, Vol 40, Iss 0, Pp 53-72 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 0147-3085
2695-7183
DOI: 10.7203/Celestinesca.40.20191
Popis: This article examines the figure of the father in the sentimental novels Siervo libre de amor (1440) by Juan Rodríguez del Padrón, Cárcel de amor (1492) by Diego de San Pedro and La Historia de Grisel y Mirabella (1495) by Juan de Flores in order to contrast those figures with the character of Pleberio in La Celestina. I argue that the father in La Celestina should be read as a parody of the figure of the father in the sentimental novel genre. Moreover, I propose that Pleberio represents a new form of subjectivity, in which the father is not worried about representing the law and authority nor about being impartial. In Fernando de Rojas' text, the father instead he takes a more human stance regarding his daughter's death.
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