The Four Interpolated Stories in the Roman Comique: Their Sources and Unifying Function (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures, 100)

De Armas, Frederick Alfred

ISBN 10: 0807891002 / ISBN 13: 9780807891001

Published by UNC Department of Romance Studies, 1971

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Four Interpolated Stories in the Roman Comique: Their Sources and Unifying Function (North Carolina Studies in the Romance Languages and Literatures, 100)
• Publisher: UNC Department of Romance Studies
• Publication Date: 1971
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0807891002
• ISBN 13: 9780807891001
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Seventeenth-century French author Paul Scarron’s Roman comique has often been dismissed by critics as episodic and disorganized. This, in part, stems from four interpolated stories which Scarron included and which, according to many critics, have no relation to the novel’s plot. Here, after studying the original Spanish versions of these nouvelles, Frederick Alfred de Armas argues that Scarron made changes to the originals to parallel the tone and underline the theme of the overarching story, thus unifying the novel as a whole.