Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero Tafur
This paper analyzes the concept of the monstrous in travel books from the late Middle Ages. We review the work Andanças e viajes by Pero Tafur, a Spanish travel book written during the fifteenth century. While the recent historiography argues that the supernatural and wonderful events are scarcely u...
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| description | This paper analyzes the concept of the monstrous in travel books from the late Middle Ages. We review the work Andanças e viajes by Pero Tafur, a Spanish travel book written during the fifteenth century. While the recent historiography argues that the supernatural and wonderful events are scarcely used by the traveler in his work, our research examines how the notion of the monstrous is inserted into the tradition of the wonders of the medieval travel. The monsters reflect a disorder in nature, representing the low and evil. They are an anomaly that escapes from traditional forms, expressing excessive, huge and grotesque characteristics. Tafur applies this concept of the monstrous in his travels and adventures. The traveler preserves the use of mirabilia narrative tradition of medieval travelers. For the traveler, the monster is manifested through prodigious beings and wild beasts, having an extraordinary and supernatural character. In other words, the monster denotes explicit elements that make a difference; but at the same time, creates surprise, amazement, horror and wonder. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-170c57c9bffd45528543ddbea7ee85682022-12-21T18:03:58ZdeuInstituto de Estudos MedievaisMedievalista1646-740X2016-12-012010.4000/medievalista.1202Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero TafurPablo Castro HernándezThis paper analyzes the concept of the monstrous in travel books from the late Middle Ages. We review the work Andanças e viajes by Pero Tafur, a Spanish travel book written during the fifteenth century. While the recent historiography argues that the supernatural and wonderful events are scarcely used by the traveler in his work, our research examines how the notion of the monstrous is inserted into the tradition of the wonders of the medieval travel. The monsters reflect a disorder in nature, representing the low and evil. They are an anomaly that escapes from traditional forms, expressing excessive, huge and grotesque characteristics. Tafur applies this concept of the monstrous in his travels and adventures. The traveler preserves the use of mirabilia narrative tradition of medieval travelers. For the traveler, the monster is manifested through prodigious beings and wild beasts, having an extraordinary and supernatural character. In other words, the monster denotes explicit elements that make a difference; but at the same time, creates surprise, amazement, horror and wonder.http://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1202MonstersWondersTravelsPero TafurMiddle Ages |
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| title | Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero Tafur |
| title_full | Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero Tafur |
| title_fullStr | Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero Tafur |
| title_full_unstemmed | Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero Tafur |
| title_short | Monstruos, prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de Pero Tafur |
| title_sort | monstruos prodigios y maravillas en los viajes de pero tafur |
| topic | Monsters Wonders Travels Pero Tafur Middle Ages |
| url | http://journals.openedition.org/medievalista/1202 |
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