El cautivo, from Quijote and El amante liberal. About a manipulation used by Américo Castro

Authors

  • Juan Manuel Villanueva

Keywords:

Américo Castro, manipulation, El cautivo, El amante liberal, «Christian marriage», exemplary nature, Novelas ejemplares

Abstract

Américo Castro manipulates and falsifies the writing and the core of essential fragments of El cautivo and El amante liberal. In contrast with the naivety which he identifies in the Novelas ejemplares, a number of authors find in them different and opposing meanings; especially in El amante liberal. It has been theorized that the possibility and/or accomplishment of the «Christian marriage» could constitute the key of the exemplary nature of the Novelas ejemplares when they are considered both as a whole and by themselves.