Góngora viajero entre Berni y Ariosto (a propósito de tres sonetos)

Abstract

The article examines three sonnets in which Góngora combines the autobiographical motif of the bad trip with that of the contempt of court in the light of his possible Italian models: the capitoli of Francesco Berni and the Berneschi, and the Satire of Ariosto. The motif of the bad lodging, as well as the use of specific rhetorical devices, refers to the former; to the latter, the Horatian motif of the frugal meal and the poet's perspective of abandoning the place. If, on the one hand, this reading suggests Góngora's literary affiliation to the theme of the journey (which could imply a change of date in one of the sonnets), on the other hand, it confirms the sentimental vision of Spain that, as Robert Jammes pointed out, Góngora draws throughout his poetry.

Keywords

• satire
• burlesque
• travel
• Góngora
• Berni
• Ariosto