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“Tan Divina Amazona”: The Legend of Isabel the Catholic Queen in Luis Vélez de Guevara’s La serrana de la Vera
Neophilologus ( IF 0.2 ) Pub Date : 2019-08-12 , DOI: 10.1007/s11061-019-09620-x
Christopher C. Oechler

In La serrana de la Vera (1613), Luis Velez de Guevara provides an updated take on the medieval serrana, a lustful and dangerous mountain woman. He sets her legendary actions during the reign of Isabel I of Castile, and the play follows the protagonist Gila’s degeneration from an impressively strong labradora to a demonic man-murderer who boasts of over two thousand kills. Critics have noted the strong affinity between Queen Isabel and the serrana Gila and have focused on the play as an exemplum for curbing female behavior that exceeds the norms imposed by a patriarchal society. While the play creates a mirroring effect whereby Gila adopts and emulates Isabel’s masculine traits, I maintain that Gila’s virile behavior and starry-eyed admiration of Isabel entail more than a warning for women; her portrayal questions and challenges Isabel’s legend as presented in writings and remembrances of the queen. At the heart of this play, beyond the ambiguous gender of Gila, is the playwright’s challenge to the official mythic construction of royal personas. Velez de Guevara takes an already legendary serrana character from popular folklore and links her with the queen, emphasizing how Isabel’s history approximates and in many instances is indistinguishable from myth. La serrana de la Vera ends as a tragedy, thus emphasizing the untenability of Isabel’s dehumanizing legend.

中文翻译:

“Tan Divina Amazona”:路易斯·贝莱斯·德·格瓦拉 (Luis Vélez de Guevara) 的拉维拉 (La serrana de la Vera) 中天主教女王伊莎贝尔 (Isabel) 的传说

在 La serrana de la Vera(1613 年)中,路易斯·贝莱斯·德·格瓦拉 (Luis Velez de Guevara) 对中世纪的塞拉纳 (serrana) 进行了更新,她是​​一位好色而又危险的山地女人。他在卡斯蒂利亚的伊莎贝尔一世统治期间设定了她的传奇行为,该剧讲述了主角吉拉从令人印象深刻的强壮拉布拉多犬蜕变成一个拥有超过 2000 次杀戮的恶魔般的杀人犯的故事。评论家们注意到伊莎贝尔女王和塞拉娜吉拉之间的密切关系,并将该剧作为一个范例来遏制超出父权社会强加规范的女性行为。虽然该剧创造了一种镜像效果,即希拉采用并模仿伊莎贝尔的男性特质,但我认为希拉的阳刚行为和对伊莎贝尔的满眼仰慕不仅仅是对女性的警告;她的刻画问题和挑战了伊莎贝尔的传奇,正如她在著述和对女王的回忆中所呈现的那样。这部剧的核心,除了希拉的暧昧性别之外,是剧作家对皇室角色的官方神话建构的挑战。贝莱斯·德·格瓦拉 (Velez de Guevara) 将流行民间传说中已经具有传奇色彩的塞拉纳 (serrana) 角色与女王联系起来,强调了伊莎贝尔 (Isabel) 的历史是如何近似的,并且在许多情况下与神话无法区分。La serrana de la Vera 以悲剧收场,从而强调了伊莎贝尔的非人性传说的站不住脚。贝莱斯·德·格瓦拉 (Velez de Guevara) 将流行民间传说中已经具有传奇色彩的塞拉纳 (serrana) 角色与女王联系起来,强调了伊莎贝尔 (Isabel) 的历史是如何近似的,并且在许多情况下与神话无法区分。La serrana de la Vera 以悲剧收场,从而强调了伊莎贝尔的非人性传说的站不住脚。贝莱斯·德·格瓦拉 (Velez de Guevara) 将流行民间传说中已经具有传奇色彩的塞拉纳 (serrana) 角色与女王联系起来,强调了伊莎贝尔 (Isabel) 的历史是如何近似的,并且在许多情况下与神话无法区分。La serrana de la Vera 以悲剧收场,从而强调了伊莎贝尔的非人性传说的站不住脚。
更新日期:2019-08-12
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