Abstract
The key characteristic of Seventeenth century literature was the binding connection between oral tradition and written production. The two elements gave birth to what is currently considered as one of the most significant cultural prosperity age for Spain. Taking into account these considerations, the present article proposes to analyse the re-elaboration of a folkloric animal tale in two works attributed to the picaresque genre. After a review of the central aspects of protagonists’ personality in the novels in question, it will be highlighted each author’s personal contributions, as a result of the remodelling of the tale, subjugated to their ethic-literary intentions.
Highlights
the present article proposes to analyse the re-elaboration of a folkloric animal tale in two works attributed to the picaresque genre
An example of re-elaborated version of an animal tale in two picaresque novels (Alonso, mozo de muchos amos and Lazarillo de Manzanares)
Summary
Con tal de entender cabalmente la visión faunística que prevaleció durante varias décadas del siglo xvii, es forzoso aludir a la conexión ideológica con el simbolismo animal de la Edad Media, ya que nunca hubo un punto de inflexión tajante entre las dos épocas. 13 Bien entendido que existen numerosos estudios relativos a los términos «variación» y «variante», el de Susana Chertudi se destaca por la lúcida diferenciación de las dos categorías; la variación indica cada elaboración de un cuento, mientras que la variante es el conjunto de elementos que reúnen varias versiones, y que a su vez adquiere su singularidad, al ser disímil de otras variantes (1967: 9). Por tanto, he decidido atenerme a este criterio para referirme a las prácticas creativas de los autores examinados. Al valerse de la «transformabilidad» de los cuentos populares orales (Molho, 1976: 17), folklore y paremiología colaboran en la creación de anécdotas que, en el caso del escritor madrileño, logran conferir mayor relevancia a una composición que difícilmente descollaría por otros recursos narrativos
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