The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of Goods

The connection between elements of legal-economic and the literary work is proposed as to the case of La Celestina. An interdiscursive analysis is achieved in order to explain a legal-economic component which is necessary for the textual and literary constitution of this work. The chain of chance in...

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Main Author: Carlota Fernández-Jáuregui Rojas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Valladolid 2014-05-01
Series:Castilla: Estudios de Literatura
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description The connection between elements of legal-economic and the literary work is proposed as to the case of La Celestina. An interdiscursive analysis is achieved in order to explain a legal-economic component which is necessary for the textual and literary constitution of this work. The chain of chance in La Celestina is a commercial chain built up upon a series of contracts that outcome with an ironic structure and purpose: the equalisation between the haste in living and the haste in dying ends up in the innate misfortune that the gift provides in order to receive a counter-gift. The general misfortune in the work is a consequence of that inverse gift and this conversion will explain the ironical deaths of Melibea (the only character who, without any will, has a desire to die) and Celestina (since she will not be a part of the chain created by herself). The love business, to which every character is thrown into, is considered in terms of “moral hazard”, concept used regularly in insurance’s vocabulary. Therefore, “moral hazard” as a concept will be brought to the interpretative field of interdiscursive studies in order to consider the risks of economical gift in relation to the goods and the legal spoken exchange of promises.
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spelling doaj.art-1a8f36d2f9d8495b999cd9a480e7974f2022-12-22T00:26:49ZengUniversidad de ValladolidCastilla: Estudios de Literatura1989-73832014-05-015The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of GoodsCarlota Fernández-Jáuregui RojasThe connection between elements of legal-economic and the literary work is proposed as to the case of La Celestina. An interdiscursive analysis is achieved in order to explain a legal-economic component which is necessary for the textual and literary constitution of this work. The chain of chance in La Celestina is a commercial chain built up upon a series of contracts that outcome with an ironic structure and purpose: the equalisation between the haste in living and the haste in dying ends up in the innate misfortune that the gift provides in order to receive a counter-gift. The general misfortune in the work is a consequence of that inverse gift and this conversion will explain the ironical deaths of Melibea (the only character who, without any will, has a desire to die) and Celestina (since she will not be a part of the chain created by herself). The love business, to which every character is thrown into, is considered in terms of “moral hazard”, concept used regularly in insurance’s vocabulary. Therefore, “moral hazard” as a concept will be brought to the interpretative field of interdiscursive studies in order to consider the risks of economical gift in relation to the goods and the legal spoken exchange of promises.http://localhost/phppro/ojs311/index.php/castilla/article/view/222Interdiscursive analysisgiftvaluepromisemoral hazard
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The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of Goods
Castilla: Estudios de Literatura
Interdiscursive analysis
gift
value
promise
moral hazard
title The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of Goods
title_full The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of Goods
title_fullStr The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of Goods
title_full_unstemmed The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of Goods
title_short The Moral Hazard of <i>La Celestina</i>. A Legal-Economic and Literary Interdiscursive Analysis on the Circularity of Goods
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topic Interdiscursive analysis
gift
value
promise
moral hazard
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