Parole Rubate (Dec 2023)
Migrazioni fiabesche: dal “Mambriano” a Basile
Abstract
The fairy-tale and the chivalric are closely interrelated, and frequently intersecting, narrative dimensions in terms of structure and recurring motifs. The retelling or rewriting of the same stories is one of their most obviously shared traits. This article follows this thread through the analysis of two short stories from Cieco da Ferrara’s Mambriano (1509), examining their antecedents and especially their fairy-tale rewritings, tracing a trajectory that culminates in Straparola’s Le piacevoli notti and Basile’s Cunto de li cunti, respectively.
