Las “Xaveriadas” de Bernardo de Monzón

Las “Xaveriadas” de Bernardo de MonzónOne of the first European hagiographic and epic poems, Bernardo de Monzn's Xavieradas unifies the western epic tradition, visual elements, metaphors, with some oriental knowledge, to bring back to life the adventures of Francis Xavier through East Asia. The story of Xavier's pilgrimage is accompanied by geographical descriptions, dramatic twists often dreamlike and unreal, portraits of illustrious people, historical events, appearances of nymphs, and

auch die Willkür und Inkonsequenz der Handschrift wird nicht angetastet

Wege zur philosophischen Bewältigung konkreter Probleme des menschlichen Lebens aufzuzeigen

and the answers they discovered in their time abroad

and other observers

through careful evidentiary scrutiny

a snow-capped Helter Skelter

With steady erudition and not infrequent irreverence

were realized on the ground

ästhetische Konzeptionen und autobiographische Selbstbilder auf das Engste miteinander verflochten

which ignores the tact of evil

Thematisiert werden auch Christusmetaphern in der Lyrik und die Bedeutung der Metaphorik für die Rede von Christus im Religionsunterricht

as well as framing around the now more highly developed field of secular studies