INDIVIDUAL AND WOMAN BETWEEN MIDDLE AGES AND RENAISSANCE IN LA CELESTINA: TRAGICOMEDY OF CALISTO Y MELIBEA
Abstract
La Celestina: Calisto and
Melibea's Tragicomedy, one of the
most important works of the Spanish Literature as it deals with the conflict
between the medieval society and the individual, gains importance also in the
face of the Renaissance. We witness the supremacy of the norms of the society
over the individual, while the writer Fernando de Rojas skillfully and
delicately created the characters, focusing on the individual perception of the
period. At the same time, in the work that emphasizes the point of view towards
the women, universal subjects are presented to the reader by being processed
with the human nature and the instincts. In the work, young Calisto -who has
become a slave of his passions-, Melibea –pure, naive, faithful to the
traditions-, the love lived exaggeratedly between them and the elder magician Celestina
–in whom we witness extreme desires and emotions- are criticized. The work with
the characters being punished as a result of their inappropriate actions that
cannot be accepted by the society is thus a didactic text. In the mentioned
work, the individual and the woman between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
as the subject of the text will be discussed and examined.
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Details
Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Publication Date
June 22, 2017
Submission Date
January 14, 2017
Acceptance Date
January 27, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Number: 37