Rodrigo Díaz, better known by his title El Cid, has traditionally been portrayed as one of the great heroes of Spanish history, perhaps the perhaps the Spanish national hero par excellence.
Getting Schmedieval: Of Manuscript and Film Prologues, Paratexts, and Parodies
November 9, 2013 By
Getting Schmedieval: Of Manuscript and Film Prologues, Paratexts, and Parodies Richard Burt (Guest Co-Editor, University of Florida) EXEMPLARIA: VOL. 19, NO. 2, SUMMER 2007, 217 – 242 Abstract This introduction examines how historical effects in cinematic medievalism are produced through analogies between their shared marginal paratexts, including historiated letters, prefaces, opening title sequences, film prologues, and intertitles. […]
Sacrificial and Un-sacrificial Epics: An Examination of El Cid
December 9, 2012 By
I want to focus my attention here in another text, the Lay of el Cid, the only fully preserved Castilian epic poem.
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