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Retelling the Future: Don Juan Manuel's "Exenplo XI" and the Power of Fiction
- Author(s):
- Michelle M. Hamilton (see profile)
- Date:
- 2011
- Group(s):
- CLCS Medieval, LLC Medieval Iberian
- Subject(s):
- Middle Ages, European literature, Science--Philosophy, Technology--Philosophy, Science, Technology, History
- Item Type:
- Article
- Tag(s):
- astrology, Church history, 6th to 10th century, History and philosophy of science and technology, Medieval
- Permanent URL:
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17613/M64Z4J
- Abstract:
- In this paper I look at how “Exenplo XI” is both product and reflection of the various traditions and cultures of medieval Iberia and how Juan Manuel forges a new version of this story from these inherited traditions in order to showcase problems of concern to his fourteenth-century audience, namely, the tension between ecclesiastical and Andalusi systems of thought and their representatives and how the author’s manipulation of the frame and the power of fiction itself echoes Don Yllán’s manipulation of magic to test the dean’s mettle. Then I turn to the lessons of “Exenplo XI” regarding the transmission of knowledge and who controls it, as well as the function of speculative fiction and its ability to explore alternative realities and potential futures for both fictional audience (Conde Lucanor) and contemporary twenty-first-century readers.
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- Status:
- Published
- Last Updated:
- 6 years ago
- License:
- All Rights Reserved
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