What is it about?
The Greek empress as a literary character in the Catalan Novel Tirant lo Blanc is modelled on the pattern of the Byzantine empress Theodora.
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Why is it important?
The Greek model(s) used by the author of the novel can be recognised by different ways, one of them being the patterns of some of its main characters.
Perspectives
The novel must be analyzed from a cultural and literary bias that has its roots in the Byzantine tradition.
Mr Jordi Redondo
Universitat de Valencia
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This page is a summary of: Ironia i sàtira: l’aparició d’una nova Teodora al tron imperial bizantí, Tirant Butlletí informatiu i bibliogràfic de literatura de cavalleries, December 2020, Universitat de Valencia,
DOI: 10.7203/tirant.23.19186.
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