La écfrasis de la tienda del rey Adrastro, en el Roman de Thèbes: estructura, estrategias retóricas e intertextualidad

Abstract

One of the most common ekphrastic motives in medieval literature is the historiated tent. In other words, the figurative elements described, whether drawn or
embroidered, which can be found on the fabrics of a military tent, usually of royal nature. On this paper, the author analyses the ekphrasis of Adrastrus’ tent,
which is part of the narrative poem known as Roman de Thèbes and which, presumably, is the archetype of other medieval descriptions, such as the Alexander’s tent, which appears in the Libro de Alexandre and Don Amor’s tent, which appears in the Libro de Buen Amor. This essay analyses how the author structures the passage and how some rhetorical strategies (such as the enumeratio, the aposiopesis and the hyperbole) are used. In the same manner, it tries to suggest an hypertextual dialogue with other medieval works and some classical sources.