Celestina

Japanese: セレスティーナ
Celestina
A Spanish novel written in the form of a play. Its official title is The Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea. The oldest surviving version (1499) has 16 acts, while the version after 1502 has 21 acts. All but the first act are thought to have been written by Fernando de Rojas (c. 1465-1541), a Jewish convert. The story is about a young nobleman, Calisto, who falls in love with a beautiful girl named Melibea, and, at the urging of his servant, asks an old woman, Celestina, to mediate their love, leading to a tragic end for all involved. Although the play is written as a moral admonition, it beautifully depicts the passion and emotions of the nobility, the vulgarity and shamelessness of the lower classes, and more, using appropriate language for each, making it the source of the picaresque genre that was established in the mid-16th century.

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Japanese:
戯曲形式で書かれたスペインの小説。《カリストとメリベーアの悲喜劇》が正式の題名。現存する最古の版(1499年)では16幕,1502年以降の版では21幕からなり,第1幕以外は全てユダヤ人の改宗者フェルナンド・デ・ロハスFernando de Rojas〔1465ころ-1541〕の作と考えられている。美少女メリベーアに恋した青年貴族カリストが,下男の勧めで老婆セレスティーナに恋の仲介を頼み,関係者全てが悲業の最期を遂げるという物語。道徳的訓戒を表看板にしているが,貴族階級の情熱や感情,下層民の卑俗さや破廉恥などが,それぞれに応じた言語表現を得て見事に描かれており,16世紀中葉に確立した〈悪者小説〉(ピカレスク)の源泉とされる。

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