This article offers the new editions of two Occitan poems by the troubadour Guiraut Riquier, Ab plazen (BEdT 248.3) and Ad un fin aman fon datz (BEdT 248.4), composed in 1257 and 1263 respectively. Both are transmitted only by chansonnier C. In the first poem, Giraut subverts the classical genre of the alba, in which the lyric first person usually describes the separation of the lovers at the end of the night; in Ab plazen, a lonely lover eagerly awaits dawn while spending the night alone and tormented by desire. The second poem is a unique example of a serena, a lyric with narrative elements, describing a lover who spends the day waiting for the evening, when he will meet the domna. Beyond a formal interpretation of these texts (examining the subversion of a genre and the invention of another respectively), Cigni’s analysis focuses on their representation of subjectivity and time.
Un “dittico” sul tempo di Guiraut Riquier
cigni
2025-01-01
Abstract
This article offers the new editions of two Occitan poems by the troubadour Guiraut Riquier, Ab plazen (BEdT 248.3) and Ad un fin aman fon datz (BEdT 248.4), composed in 1257 and 1263 respectively. Both are transmitted only by chansonnier C. In the first poem, Giraut subverts the classical genre of the alba, in which the lyric first person usually describes the separation of the lovers at the end of the night; in Ab plazen, a lonely lover eagerly awaits dawn while spending the night alone and tormented by desire. The second poem is a unique example of a serena, a lyric with narrative elements, describing a lover who spends the day waiting for the evening, when he will meet the domna. Beyond a formal interpretation of these texts (examining the subversion of a genre and the invention of another respectively), Cigni’s analysis focuses on their representation of subjectivity and time.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
