Mansura, by Félix de Azúa: a free rewriting of the medieval chronicle Livre de Saint Roi Louis, by Jean de Joinville

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https://doi.org/10.7203/qdfed.29.28653

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medievalism, postmodernity, Mansura, Félix de Azúa, Jean de Joinville

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Mansura (1984), written by the Catalan writer Félix de Azúa, is, broadly speaking, a free recreation of the events transcribed in Jean de Joinville’s medieval text known as the Livre des Saintes Paroles et des Bons Faits de Notre Saint Roi Louis. This article aims to explain how the novel Mansura becomes a postmodern exercise in copying, editing and rewriting. First, we will briefly explain the rewritten mechanisms that operate in this work of medievalist fiction by means of a comparative analysis of the two texts. Then, considering all the modifications that the new version has introduced into the original work, it is important to analyse the extent to which the updating of the formal and thematic codes enhances rhetorical mechanisms such as parody and simulacrum.

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2024-12-21

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Soares, A. R. G. (2024). Mansura, by Félix de Azúa: a free rewriting of the medieval chronicle Livre de Saint Roi Louis, by Jean de Joinville. Quaderns De Filologia - Estudis Literaris, 29, 95–109. https://doi.org/10.7203/qdfed.29.28653
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Vol. 29 (2024): A Mosaic of Words. Rewritings and intermediality in XXth and XXIth centuries literature

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