Seeing with Sayings: The Visual Impact of Proverbs and Refrains in <i>La Celestina</i>

Many proverbs, paremias or adages are used in Celestina as part of perlocutionary speech acts, i.e. used to influence the actions or thoughts of another person. In order to achieve this effect, many of the proverbs uttered contain a strong visual ingredient. The speech acts of almost all of the char...

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Main Author: John Cull
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Valencia 2021-01-01
Series:Celestinesca
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Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/20183