Tirant lo Blanc: A Novel of Chivalry
REMEMBER:
Ramon Llull is the creator of the Catalan literary prose. Ramon Llull was incorporated into the Catalan language, many new words (neologisms) in order to refer to new concepts, before him, had expressed only in Latin. The language of Ramon Llull is rich in expressive resources, notably the use of example and allegory. The main objective pursued was to Ramon Llull Christian apologetics to convince unbelievers of the truth of his religious belief.
Tirant lo Blanc
The early novels of knights appeared in France during the second half of the twelfth century.
They are based on legends that have emerged in the Plantagenet court (English French speaking rulers) and places the action within geographic Britain, understood in its broadest sense: Britain, Ireland and Brittany. Therefore it is said that constitute “matter of
Britain
“The players are knights virtuous as King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table, who in search of adventure to have achieved honor and merit for the love of a lady.
These adventures take place in hostile lands where they have to fight like heroes to overcome extraordinary evidence.
Often items appear wonderful and magical phenomena such as Knight of the Lion of Chretien de
Troyes, the author most important matter of Britain.
Love in the novels of chivalry:
the passion of lovebetween knight and lady usually a constant in the novels of chivalry.
Often the passion is not the result of a normal romance, but the effect of a magical product.
Example: Tristan und Isolde. This love was born and fatally against the will of the protagonists, will become a permanent torture, which Tristan and Isolde can not be released or after death.
Chivalric novel of the fifteenth century:
The novels of knights had wide acceptance since the twelfth century until the sixteenth century. It is characterized by fantastic elements and implausible situations, the novels of the fifteenth century rather intended to reflect the real world of the knights of the time. Therefore the characters are more human andsituations, more credible.
Difference between the novels of chivalry (the French tradition and full of wonderful items and superhuman characters) and chivalric novels (most modern works, with humanized characters, realistic actions and historical environments and geographically close). The most interesting novel of this new current is Tirant lo Blanc, written by the Valencian knight Eisner.
Published in Valencia in 1490, this 800 page novel was a huge and immediate success a few years later, they had to do another edition. A great admirer of the work of Eisner was Miguel de Cervantes, in Don Quixote that makes it one of the concerns with a few words.
The novel Tirant lo
Blanc:
Tirant lo Blanc is the novel that gives human dimension to the literary figure of the knight.
It is a strong and courageous knight, but as everyone is tired, pass diseases, injuries suffered and even died from a simple pneumonia. And why not cease to be a hero.
Tirant love:
The love is one of the most important issues of Tirant lo Blanc. Tirant falls in love at first sight because of the princess Carmesina.
But the timidity he plays a dirty trick: do not know how to declare themselves, and this is the distressed. Finally, Tirant dares to take a step forward.
Tirant, Captain
General:
War is another major theme of the novel Tirant lo Blanc. Tirant, Knight was trained in England, where he participated in several battles on horseback, from large became captain general of one of the most powerful armies: that must defeat the Turkish empire. In war, shows that Tirant is aGeneral clever and cunning, which dominates the military strategy and tactics. To achieve this great victory.
Eisner:
Eisner, author of Tirant lo Blanc, was born in Valencia in 1410 and died in 1465. It was an average family of nobility and was armed knight.
Men and combative spirit wrestler and was respected for his mastery rating exercise of arms as unique fighter. He always important messengers who have brought their letters to several gentlemen whom battle was enmity. The dispute was that Eisner had with his cousin John Montpalau, whom he accused of having broken his word marriage Damiata Martorell Joanot sister. Eisner even traveled to England in order to ensure that King Henry VI to accept the judge’s outright battle between him and his cousin. The conflict was settled with a payment Damiata a certain amount of NLG. Life Martorell to the English Court allowed him to enterrelation to European knights, know the ceremonial orders of knights and read lots of books. Martorell was a great reader and was well informed of all events happening in the world. Eisner said he was always respectful of everything that referenced both the military affairs as cavallerescos. But this was not an obstacle to pour their cheerful and fun mood in his work: it is he who introduced humor, irony, caricature, and often the ridicule in the novel of knights. Eisner is the author of the novel’s most important in the history of Catalan literature.
REMEMBERED:
Chretien de Troyes (twelfth century), from several Celtic legends, set the foundations of Arthurian novel or matter, Brittanyya. The books of chivalry that were presented virtuous knights in search of great adventure to have achieved honor and merit for the love of a great lady. In these scenarios, there appeared many things wonderful and magical phenomena. The novel of chivalry in the fifteenth century has more human characters knights involved in specific historical situations and areas known. Tirant lo Blanc, Valencia Eisner’s work is a chivalric novel characterized by the human dimension of the characters, the likelihood of actions and events (mostly based on historical facts) and a treatment of gay relationships and fun .