El poema "In refectorio" de Martín de Braga¿Un "ready-made" literario?
ISSN: 1130-3336
Year of publication: 2012
Issue: 23-24
Pages: 75-92
Type: Article
More publications in: Voces
Abstract
This paper analyzes the poem In refectorio (CPL 1087) by Martin of Braga (c. 515-579 AD) from a philological, literary and aesthetic point of view. This short piece has a striking peculiarity: almost 8 of its 10 verses are taken unchanged from Sidonius Apollinaris� carm. 17, written around one century before. The few «original» passages combine several Sidonian terms (borrowed from the same poem) with strong intertextual echos of Sedulius� Carmen paschale (CPL 1447). This study explores the meaning of such an unusual modus operandi, surprisingly similar to that of postmodern ready-mades.