Dando crédito al Septentrión: Ricla y el naufragio de Pietro Querini en la isla de Røst

In this article I propose an interpretation of the ‘charitable barbarian woman’ Ricla as a character inspired just as much, or even more, by ‘Northern’ than ‘American’ sources. This interpretation is based on a new reading of the tes-timony of the shipwreck of the Venetian nobleman, Pietro Querini,...

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Main Author: Davenport, Randi Lise
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:Spanish
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7014522
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Summary:In this article I propose an interpretation of the ‘charitable barbarian woman’ Ricla as a character inspired just as much, or even more, by ‘Northern’ than ‘American’ sources. This interpretation is based on a new reading of the tes-timony of the shipwreck of the Venetian nobleman, Pietro Querini, on the Northern coast of Norway in the year 1431-1432. Querini’s story was included in Giovanni Battista Ramusio’s widely distributed work Delle navigationi et viaggi (1550 -1559), that may have been one of Cervantes’ sources to knowledge of the North, as critics recognize. The article argues that the praise of the charity and Christian piety of the inhabitants of the island of ‘Røst’, in particular of the women, has inspired Cervan-tes in his construction of the character Ricla Este artículo propone una interpretación de la ‘bárbara caritativa’ Ricla como personaje de inspiración tanto, o más, septentrional que ‘americana’. Esta interpretación se basa en una nueva lectura del relato del naufragio del gentilhombre veneciano, Pietro Querini, en la costa norte de Noruega en el año 1431-1432, un relato recogido en el segundo volumen de la muy difundida obra de Giovanni Battista Ramusio Delle navigationi et viaggi (1550 -1559), y que como ha reconocido la crítica bien pudo conocer Cervantes. El artículo argumenta que el elogio de la caridad y piedad cristiana de los habitantes de la isla de ‘Røst’ de parte de los venecianos naufragados, sobre todo de las mujeres, haya inspirado a Cervantes en la construcción del personaje Ricla.