The Cornerstones of Spanish Picaresque Lazarillo and Buscon and the Theme of Honour Cover Image

Temeljci španske pikareske - Lesariljo i Buskon i tema časta
The Cornerstones of Spanish Picaresque Lazarillo and Buscon and the Theme of Honour

Author(s): Andrijana Đordan, Maja Ćuk
Subject(s): Theory of Literature
Published by: АЛФА БК УНИВЕРЗИТЕТ
Keywords: picaresque novel; picard; the theme of honor; Lazarillo; Buscón

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the theme of honor in two main representatives of the picaresque novel subgenre - Lazarillo and Buscón. After the introduction, which provides an overview of the Spanish novel in the 16th and 17th centuries and its key subgenres, detailed attention is dedicated to the picaresque novel as a national subgenre. The selected representatives are presented through all important factual information, their formal and content characteristics. The paper focuses on treating the theme of honor in these two literary works, observed from the perspective of the character of the protagonist, the anti-hero – picard (pícaro), but also from the perspective of his family and social context. Special emphasis is on the idea of differentiation of the idea of honor, which can be seen as external – material or internal - human and moral.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 297-315
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Serbian