Abstract
This study analyzes the mythological basis of the initial journey of Tomás Rodaja in Cervantes's Novela del licenciado Vidriera. During his journey, Rodaja thinks of himself as made of glass. Yet, at the beginning of his travels, he encounters two situations that recall the Ovidian myth of Deucalion and Pyrrha, and thatofNiobe, both of which include the symbolic element of stone, as opposed to the glass essence ofRodaja's body. This opposition of elements is part of a lexical game whereby Cervantes unveils the person of Ovid in the licenciado Vidriera.
| Translated title of the contribution | The literary metamorphosis of Publio Ovidio Nasón in the Novela del licenciado Vidriera |
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| Original language | Spanish |
| Pages (from-to) | 521-542 |
| Number of pages | 22 |
| Journal | Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- Glass
- Metamorphoses
- Mythology
- Ovid
- Stone