期刊名称：Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme
印刷版ISSN：0034-429X
出版年度：2003
卷号：39
期号：2
页码：65-75
出版社：Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme
摘要：Great epic theories of the Renaissance, mainly inspired by Aristotelian poetics, do not deal with the most widely spread narrative practice of the sixteenth century. The first theoretician of the novel (“romanzo”), Giraldi Cinzio, whose “pre-aristotelian” conception might seem a little backward, establishes a break between ancient and modern narrative. The two traditions are based on different notions of the text: on the one hand, as an object of contemplation with its own internal logic; on the other hand, as an instrument of edification dedicated to the pleasure of and usefulness to as wide and “diverse” a readership as possible. The Giraldian model is more often observed in France, contrary to what the Pléiade accustomed its readers to believe.
