Romance of Melusina: lineage, penitence and power / Romance de Melusina: linhagem, penitência e poder
AUTOR(ES)
Flávia Aparecida Amaral
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
In the year of 1392, João DArras starts to write a romance at request of a powerful prince and known patron of the period: the duke of Berry. That work describes the foundation of a fortress and tells the adventures of a lineage that there originated itself: the Lusignan. However, that was not a story of ordinary people. The Lusignan were the descendant of the fairy Melusina that, every Saturday, turned into a serpent from her waist to below. The Romance of Melusina or the History of the Lusignan must not be interpreted only by having in mind the surprising aspect of the story narrated. The interest of the Duke of Berry in ordering a narrative of that nature is of fundamental importance so that can be understood the motivation behind the creation of a story about a lineage that had already been extinguished in France. The purpose of this work is the analysis of the Romance of Melusina under the historical perspective, taking in consideration the particularity of its narrative type and the authors textual strategies in the production of that story. In the romance are quite notable the ideas of lineage, sin, and penitence and the way they are evoked to connect the Lusignan to their mythical ancestor, Melusina. Some questions such as justice, war and the Crusades that are noticed in the Romance of Melusina have an important connection with the context of its creation.
ASSUNTO(S)
lineage; lusignan; medieval literature; power; romance of melusina linhagem; literatura medieval; lusignan; poder; romance de melusina
