Open AccessUtilité et diversité du «romanzo»: Giraldi Cinzio et le contexte français
Author(s) -
Mawy Bouchard
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
renaissance and reformation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.1
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2293-7374
pISSN - 0034-429X
DOI - 10.33137/rr.v39i2.8869
Subject(s) - poetics , contemplation , narrative , epic , the renaissance , art , literature , object (grammar) , pleasure , philosophy , humanities , poetry , art history , theology , linguistics , psychology , neuroscience
Great epic theories of the Renaissance, mainly inspired by Aristotelian poetics, do not deal with the most widely spread narrative practice of the sixteenth century. The first theoretician of the novel (“romanzo”), Giraldi Cinzio, whose “pre-aristotelian” conception might seem a little backward, establishes a break between ancient and modern narrative. The two traditions are based on different notions of the text: on the one hand, as an object of contemplation with its own internal logic; on the other hand, as an instrument of edification dedicated to the pleasure of and usefulness to as wide and “diverse” a readership as possible. The Giraldian
model is more often observed in France, contrary to what the Pléiade accustomed its readers to believe.