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Darrera modificació: 2023-11-14
Bases de dades: Sciència.cat
Baldan, Andrea, "Dreaming of Cockaigne, Dreaming of Distant Worlds Old World and New World Foodstuffs in a Fictional French Representation of Sumatra in the Sixteenth Century", Food & History, 21/1 [= Fat Worlds. Feasters and Loafers in Medieval and Early Modern Europe / Gourmands et fainéants dans l'Europe médiévale et moderne, ed. Colbertaldo, Roberta - Ott, Christine] (2023), 113-132.
- Resum
- In this article, I analyse a French text portraying a fictional Sumatra with features of the marvellous land of Cockaigne: the Letres des ysles et terres nouvellement trouvées par les portugalois (1537). The article focuses on the representation of food. By comparing the Letres with other previous and contemporary examples of Cockaigne literature, I aim to show that, although the work describes an island far from Europe, only few non-European foods are involved, and that the representation mainly relies on typical cockaignesque food in order to recreate a utopian environment according to European canons. Furthermore, I show that the Letres have two different functions: besides a recreative or escapist purpose, the work also ridicules its own content by embedding it in a deceptive context. By considering the deceitful dimension of the Cockaigne tales, I explore the possibility that the Letres are a mocking parody of travel narratives.
- Matèries
- Alimentació
Geografia i viatges
Cuina i confiteria
Història de la literatura
- URL
- https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.FOO ...
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