Pious Brief Narrative in Medieval Castilian and Galician Verse - From Berceo to Alfonso X

Using nine basic elements--plot, setting, conflict, characterization, theme, style, effect, point of view, and mood or tone--Keller shows how writers in medieval Spain employed more sophisticated uses of these techniques than has previously been recognized.

About the author

John E. Keller, professor emeritus of Spanish at the University of Kentucky, was the author of numerous books, including Daily Life Depicted in the Cantigas de Santa Maria.

Summary

"Brief narratives," or medieval precursors to the modern short story, are compositions couched in the form of a tale of reasonable short length. Keller studies the structure of the pious brief narrative, including such works at the Cantigas de Santa Maria of Alfonso X and Gonzalo de Berceo's Milagros de Nuestra Senora, among others.

Product details

• Authors: John E Keller, John E. Keller, John Esten Keller
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.1987
• EAN: 9780813113814
• ISBN: 978-0-8131-1381-4
• No. of pages: 152
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 12 mm
• Weight: 336 g
• Series: Studies in Romance Languages;
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies