JOURNAL ARTICLE

El cuerpo femenino según Cervantes

Lavinia Similaru

Year: 2023 Journal:   Acta Iassyensia Comparationis Vol: 31 (1)Pages: 43-51   Publisher: Editura Universităţii "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" Iaşi

Abstract

The author of Don Quixote grants a primary role to women and, throughout his works, creates magnificent portraits of women.Plato's ideas dominated thought for several centuries, and Cervantes was influenced by the Athenian philosopher.The illustrious Spanish writer considers beauty and virtue consubstantial, a beautiful person is also virtuous, there is no beauty without virtue.To describe women physically, Cervantes uses the canons inspired by the harmony of the bodies of the Greco-Roman statues, later propagated by Renaissance poetry and converted into clichés.The women have long golden hair, coral lips, rosy cheeks, pearl teeth, necks of alabaster, hands so white that they look like snow, and great harmony of body.A body that Cervantes never explicitly describes.Surprisingly, Mr. Vidriera ironises precisely these canons of beauty, too hackneyed at the time.In Cervantes' works, ugliness is associated with a lack of virtue.El autor del Quijote concede un papel primordial a la mujer y, a lo largo de sus obras, crea magníficos retratos de mujeres.Las ideas de Platón dominaron el pensamiento por varios siglos y Cervantes se dejó influir por el filósofo ateniense.El preclaro escritor español considera la belleza y la virtud consustanciales, una persona bella es también virtuosa, no hay belleza sin virtud.Para describir físicamente a las mujeres, Cervantes recurre a los cánones inspirados en la armonía de los cuerpos de las estatuas grecorromanas, propagados más tarde por la poesía renacentista y convertidos en tópicos.Las mujeres tienen largos cabellos de oro, labios de coral, mejillas de rosa, dientes de perla, cuello de alabastro, manos tan blancas que parecen de nieve, y gran armonía del cuerpo.Cuerpo que Cervantes nunca describe explícitamente.Sorprendentemente, el licenciado Vidriera ironiza precisamente estos cánones de belleza, demasiado trillados en la época.

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Topics

Spanish Literature and Culture Studies
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Literature and Literary Theory
Early Modern Spanish Literature
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Literature and Literary Theory
Spanish Culture and Identity
Social Sciences →  Arts and Humanities →  Philosophy

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