Rodrigo en las <i>Mocedades</i>: ¿vasallo leal o joven rebelde?

Irene Zaderenko

doi:10.3989/rfe.2003.v83.i3/4.132

Rodrigo en las Mocedades: ¿vasallo leal o joven rebelde?

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Irene Zaderenko Boston University

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https://doi.org/10.3989/rfe.2003.v83.i3/4.132

Keywords:

Mocedades de Rodrigo, Poema de mio Cid, Fernán González, French epic, Les enfances Guillaume, Le couronnement de Louis, Le charroi de Nîmes

Abstract

Most critics agree that in the Mocedades, Rodrigo is portrayed as a rebellious and arrogant young man, almost the opposite of the loyal and mature hero of the Poema de mio Cid. In this study, the author presents a new interpretation of the role of Rodrigo as a hero and a symbol of the young kingdom of Castile that from its very beginning as an independent monarchy was able to defeat all its enemies. Christians and Moors alike. Furthermore, the comic and fantastic episodes found in the poem are signs of the esthetic transformation that the epic genre had undergone in Spain; these changes have remarkable parallels in French epic poems.

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2003-12-30

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Zaderenko, I. (2003). Rodrigo en las Mocedades: ¿vasallo leal o joven rebelde?. Revista De Filología Española, 83(3/4), 261–279. https://doi.org/10.3989/rfe.2003.v83.i3/4.132

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Vol. 83 No. 3/4 (2003)

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