Bellesa, valor, and honor

Direct speech strategies in Curial and Guelfa

Oriana Scarpati | Università di Napoli Federico II

This paper focuses on the instances of direct speech in the anonymous chivalric romance Curial and Guelfa. More specifically, it analyzes, on the one hand, the encomia of the young hero Curial pronounced by the characters in their speeches, and, on the other hand, the formal and structural characteristics of two types of direct speech: speech dealing with love themes, and speech addressed by a challenger to his rival in the context of duels. Furthermore, the study examines the occurrences of the term honor in direct speeches as an expression of the author’s concept of chivalry.

Keywords: medieval poetry, medieval rhetoric, Catalan literature, Chivalric literature, Narrative and discourse

Published online: 18 November 2021
https://doi.org/10.1075/ivitra.29.07sca

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