«Do rei exemplar: alguns ecos bíblicos na oratoria do Lancelot en prose»

Abstract

Resumen: O Lancelot en Prose, extenso romance que desenvolve a biografia de Lancelot, insere-se no grande ciclo de romances arturianos escrito em França durante a década de vinte do séc. XIII. Este texto testemunha, no nosso entender, uma clara exploração das potencialidades bíblicas na literatura medieval. A nossa análise incidirá essencialmente num momento discursivo que consideramos fundamental no romance, a repreensão dirigida a Artur por um preudome que se apresenta perante a corte do rei. Procuraremos identificar, através do confronto entre este excerto do Lancelot en Prose e as Escrituras, quais os elementos bíblicos nele retido e de que modo foram tratados. Esperaremos poder, assim, averiguar quais as intenções autorais no uso da fonte bíblica.Palabras clave: Lancelot en Prose, Bíblia, teoria da realeza, romance arturiano.Abstract: Lancelot en Prose, an extensive romance where Lancelot’s biography is developed, is integrated into the wide cycle of Arthurian romances that was written in France during the second decade of the thirteenth century. This text testifies, as long as we are concerned, a clear exploration of the biblical potentials in medieval literature. Our analysis will focus essentially on a discursive moment that we consider to be central to the romance: the reprimand directed to Arthur by a preudome that presents himself before the king’s court. We will try to identify, through the confrontation between the referred excerpt of Lancelot en Prose and the Scripture which are the elements withheld in it and how they were treated. By this confrontation we hope to ascertain the authorial intentions in the use of the biblical source.Keywords: Lancelot en Prose, Bible, theory of kingship, Arthurian romance.