THE OCCIDENTAL VERSION OF HISTORY OF TROY IN ROMANIAN MEDIEVAL CULTURE
THE OCCIDENTAL VERSION OF HISTORY OF TROY IN ROMANIAN MEDIEVAL CULTURE
Author(s): Larisa-Florentina ROTUNDUSubject(s): Cultural history, Comparative history, History of ideas, 17th Century
Published by: Editura Arhipelag XXI
Keywords: History of Troy; Old Romanian Literature; occidental version; Russian chronographs;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to compare the two prototypical versions of the History of Troy that circulated in Old Romanian Literature and to discuss their origins. Spanning different cultural background over several centuries, these texts are literary mosaics. We have focused on the occidental version, found in ms. 2183 from BAR, which was very popular in Occidental Medieval Literature, due to the reworkings of Benoit de Saint Maure and Guido delle Collone. These texts were reflected in Russian chronographs, translated by Romanian scribes from the XVII century.
Journal: Journal of Romanian Literary Studies
- Issue Year: 2021
- Issue No: 25
- Page Range: 770-775
- Page Count: 6
- Language: Romanian