Don Yllan and the Egyptian Sorceror: Vernacular commonality and literary diversity in medieval Castile

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dc.contributor.authorWacks, David A.
dc.date.accessioned2009-01-05T18:59:07Z
dc.date.available2009-01-05T18:59:07Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.description13 p.en
dc.description.abstractIn this article the author compares the exemplo of Don Yllan and the Dean de Santiago, #11 in Don Juan Manuel's Conde Lucanor (ca. 1335) with an earlier Hebrew analogue found in the Hebrew Meshal Haqadmoni (ca. 1285) of fellow Castilian author Isaac ibn Sahula. A thorough analysis of the rhetorical and narrative style of both versions reveals that the two tales shared a common source in Castilian oral tradition. The appearance of the tale in an earlier Hebrew text from Castile (the only other known version in any language) calls into question the originality of Don Juan Manuel's most famous exemplo, suggesting a productive interplay between a common oral tradition in Castilian and coexisting literary traditions in Hebrew and Castilian.en
dc.identifier.citationWacks, David A. "Don Yllan and the Egyptian Sorceror: Vernacular commonality and literary diversity in medieval Castile." Sefarad 65.2 (2005): 413-33en
dc.identifier.issn0037-0894
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1794/8226
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherCONSEJO SUPERIOR DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICASen
dc.subjectConde Lucanoren
dc.subjectMeshal ha-kadmonien
dc.subjectSahula, Isaac ben Solomon, 13th cent. Meshal ha-kadmonien
dc.subjectJuan Manuel, Infante of Castile, 1282-1347. Conde Lucanoren
dc.subjectDon Yllanen
dc.subjectDean de Santiagoen
dc.titleDon Yllan and the Egyptian Sorceror: Vernacular commonality and literary diversity in medieval Castileen
dc.typeArticleen

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