Le architetture meravigliose nel romanzo cavalleresco spagnolo del Cinquecento

The thesis studies the overall theme of the magic building as a narrative topos of enormous fortune in the Spanish chivalric novel of the sixteenth century. The textual corpus examined consists of 22 works belonging to the literary genre of the libros de caballerías published between 1508 and 1588. The study of the elements of continuity within the theme revealed the presence of 'standard' structures on different levels, from the concretion of the magic space to its functions in the text, from the setting of the narrative sequences to their combination and arrangement in the plot. The identification of deviations from the standard models has highlighted some sensitive elements involved in the evolution of the genre. The first volume closes with an appendix which contains, in alphabetical order, the summaries of 147 magic buildings belonging to the set of texts examined. The second volume is an anthology composed of a selection of 15 magic buildings of particular interest to the research undertaken.