Troubadour Poetry: Songs of love, Songs of mockery and slander

28 Setembro 2017, 10:00 • Helena Carvalhão Buescu

Reading and discussion of 3 (three) Cantigas de amor (Songs of love): "Song about the Pain of Love and Sea"; "Song in Provençal Style"; "Song about Provençal Style" and 2 (two) Cantigas de escárnio e maldizer (Songs of mockery and slander): "Song to a Learned Abbess"; "Song for an Ugly Lady".

Notions about formal virtuosity and rhyme schemes; exploration of frequent metaphors and idealized conceptions; parody and subversion.