The Recapitulatio: An Apocalyptic Pattern in Middle English Literature

dc.contributor.authorCastro Carracedo, Juan Manuel
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-31T12:58:00Z
dc.date.available2019-10-31T12:58:00Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractThis article examines the evolution in medieval English literature of the Recapitulatio, an organizing narrative principle often used in apocalyptic writings, starting with John’s Revelation. This structural pattern combined a repetitive but expanding series of correlations with a centripetal fragmentation of discourse to convey revelatory messages in which prophecy involved past and present to unlock the future. In Middle English, the recapitulation technique evolved from eschatological concern to social and moral teaching, but its apocalyptic undertone was still evident in the confluence with futurist judgment. The article attempts to show the traces of this narrative model in spiritual and allegorical works of the late medieval period, especially Piers Plowman where social criticism is reinforced by the eschatological significance of this device.ca_ES
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21001/itma.2019.13.01
dc.identifier.issn1888-3931
dc.identifier.issn2340-7778
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/67436
dc.language.isoengca_ES
dc.publisherEdicions de la Universitat de Lleidaca_ES
dc.relation.isformatofReproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.21001/itma.2019.13.01ca_ES
dc.relation.ispartofImago temporis: medium Aevum, 2019, núm. 13, p. 25-39ca_ES
dc.rightscc-by-nc-nd (c) Edicions de la Universitat de Lleida, 2019ca_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessca_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/*
dc.subjectRecapitulatioca_ES
dc.subjectMiddle English Literatureca_ES
dc.subjectApocalypticismca_ES
dc.subjectRhetorical patternca_ES
dc.subjectApocalyptic structureca_ES
dc.titleThe Recapitulatio: An Apocalyptic Pattern in Middle English Literatureca_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleca_ES
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionca_ES
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