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LLoouuiissiiaannaa SSttaattee UUnniivveerrssiittyy LLSSUU DDiiggiittaall CCoommmmoonnss LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1986 SSttoorriieess aanndd SSttoorryytteelllliinngg iinn tthhee ""LLiibbrroo DDee BBuueenn AAmmoorr"":: JJuuaann RRuuiizz''ss UUssee ooff FFoollkkttaalleess ttoo AAddmmoonniisshh,, PPeerrssuuaaddee aanndd DDeecceeiivvee ((SSppaaiinn)).. Cynthia Powell Jayne Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses RReeccoommmmeennddeedd CCiittaattiioonn Jayne, Cynthia Powell, "Stories and Storytelling in the "Libro De Buen Amor": Juan Ruiz's Use of Folktales to Admonish, Persuade and Deceive (Spain)." (1986). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 4243. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/4243 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. 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Furtfier reproduction profiibited witfiout permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. 8G29177 Jayne, Cynthia Powell STORIES AND STORYTELLING IN THE "ÜBRO DE BUEN AMOR": JUAN RUIZ’S USE OF FOLKTALES TO ADMONISH, PERSUADE AND DECEIVE The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical Col. Ph.D. 1986 University Microfilms I nternâtion&l 300 N. zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, Ml 48106 Copyright 1987 by Jayne, Cynthia Powell All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. STORIES AND STORYTELLING IN THE LIBRO PE BUEN AMOR JUAN RUIZ'S USE OF FOLKTALES TO ADMONISH, PERSUADE AND DECEIVE A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures by Cynthia Powell Jayne B.A., Mississippi College, 1970 M.A., Louisiana State University, 1976 May 1986 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ©1987 CYNTHIA POWELL JAYNE All Rights Reserved Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Writers often acknowledge that a task such as this could not have been completed without the love and encouragement of family and friends. Truly, I cannot adequately express my thanks to all the people who shouldered extra responsibilities so that I could be free to study and write. Among these, I am especially grateful to my parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Powell, who welcomed me home time after time to work on this degree; my children Tom and Don, who started the venture, and Ray and Alicia, who saw it through from beginning to end; my husband Keith, who has worked as hard as I have, and whose love and dedication never failed. Many of the faculty and staff of LSU have offered assistance during these years of study. I sincerely appreciate Professors Frank DeCaro, Alfredo Lozada, Frederick DeArmas, Harry Kirby, and Pierre Hart for their encouragement and suggestions in support of this project. Above all, I am indebted to Professor Margaret Parker for her guidance, both professional and personal. She is not only an inspiring scholar and advisor, but a mentor and friend. ii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......................................... ii ABSTRACT................................................ iv INTRODUCTION ............................................ 1 CHAPTER I The Study of Folklore in Literature.............28 CHAPTER II The Medieval Tale and Tale Collections......... 53 CHAPTER III Analysis of Tales— Narrative Setting...........80 CHAPTER IV Analysis of Tales— Dialogue Setting .......... 127 CONCLUSION ............................................153 BIBLIOGRAPHY .......................................... 169 VITA ................................................. 181 iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. ABSTRACT The Libro de buen amor, a fourteenth century Spanish text by Juan Ruiz, is an extensive and complex poem rich in partially hidden messages. Thirty-five popular medieval tales form an integral part of the body of the work, and convey important information to the reader through the text of the tales and through the storytelling context created by the author. Scholars have studied the tales most often from an historical perspective, and analyzed them separately from the central narrative; or have studied the textual materials with little emphasis on the function of the tales. Although such studies provide valuable information, they do not deal with the interpretation of the folktales in relation to the work as a whole. Significant information that is embedded in the context of the storytelling event created within the literary work may be overlooked by approaches which examine only textual materials. This analysis of the tales uses criteria suggested by folklorists* studies of observable folklore as a means of discovering the complex relationship of the tales to the literary work and their contribution to the Libro de buen amor. The messages communicated through the text and context of folktales are often ambiguous or even contradictory, but examination of the XV Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission.
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