O troubadour as a literary movement it emerges in a scenario of paramount importance for the transformation of the Portuguese language, that is, for the origin of our language, it has I began in the low middle age around the 11th century, in the region of Provence, southern France, a period that marked the decays of feudalism and social status. The social status or status society represented a structure arising from feudalism, the individual's position in society depended on his family origin, was born servant, will die servant, all this mentioned context is portrayed in troubadourism in its songs, troubadourism lost strength around the 14th century with the appearance of humanism.
Index
Troubadourism, known as poetic figure, is the one that verses, that is, it is the one that portrays everyday events in its verses. The troubadour is identified as a member of the nobility, recognized as a medieval gentleman, and for what reason a medieval gentleman? In the Middle Ages men were oriented to be gentlemen, with this post they defended their territories, following Christian principles and loyalty. The troubadours began to oralize the verses that conceived the light of the historical setting with its present peculiarities. verses the coexistence of the member of the lower nobility with figures of the high nobility, born from there, loving intentions, these intentions rejected by the system of religious values and social impediments, which did not allow this love to be possible, representing loving platonism.
This context arose through the fall of the Roman Empire, Europe was totally invaded by the barbarians, people took refuge in the fields, and in exchange for shelter and safety, they paid taxes and even the loss of freedom, the places became known as feuds on account of the feudal lords who “lent” pieces of land to the refugees, who consequently became servants.
The time of the Middle Ages was Europe's portrait of the Church's domain, that is, man was seen as secondary, God was seen as the center of the world, that is, theocentrism, the church that directed the values and behavior of society in general, only those that were directly linked to the church had an integral domain of education, such as reading, writing, while the peasants lived miserably in the fields of Earth.
It is important to mention that troubadourism arises from 4 theses, the Arabic thesis, the folk thesis, the Middle-Latinist thesis, the liturgical thesis.
Other articles:
Portugal received its first literary manifestation with the arrival of troubadour, in the same vein it established itself as a country of total independence. Troubadourism in Portugal had its great manifestation in the 12th and 13th centuries, and in the 14th century, its total decline, the presence of the movement had its highest mark in the northern region of Portugal and Galicia, songs sung in Galician-Portuguese marked by the troubadours Provencal.
The first work that marked his presence was at the end of the 12th century with “Ribeirinha”, by writer Paio Soares de Taveirós, all this situation allowed the creation of new Portuguese literary schools, arising from literature Brazilian.
Troubadourism portrays this social relationship between the impossible love that was born between the high nobility and a simple servant, who at the same time demonstrated understanding and respect, but deep down he suffered from a love he could not achieve, that is, the very metaphorical manifestation of their social relationship.
Love in troubadour appears as something idealized, dreamed of, due to the hierarchy and social inequality that did not allow this so-dreamed love.
Troubadour: Composer, singer and instrumentalist who belonged to the nobility for cultural quality, that is, he composed a superior category
Segrel: Inferior or decaying nobleman, he was a composer and singer, usually a wanderer and professional, he made a living from this work
Jogral: Popular origin was limited to presenting compositions to distract the court
Minstrel: Popular origin was limited to presenting compositions in castles or manors
Welder: Woman who accompanied the artists dancing and playing castanets
Among the first compositions, the songs appeared, this poetry that resided in the palaces, called palace poetry, reproduced 4 types of expressions: Lyrics: Cantigas de amor and cantigas de amigo, and in the context of satirical: Cantigas de scorn and cantigas de mal disse, this collection of compositions was initially oralized, and later compiled into songbooks.
Love Songs: lyrical male self, syntactic parallelism, that is, easy to memorize verses, loving vassalage, is the pretension of love of the princess and queen, figure of the high nobility, love impossible to consolidate, representation of the pain that the feeling transmits.
"I know a certain man, oh beautiful,
Who for your sake sees his death come;
See who it is and remember it;
Me, my lady.
I know a certain man who feels close
From you death has certainly come;
See who you are and bear him in mind;
Me, my lady.
I know a certain man, listen to this:
He dies for you, and you desire him to depart;
See who he is and do not forget him;
Me, my lady.
Friend's Song: lyrical female self in male writing, that is, it shows the other side of the relationship, the suffering of a woman for a love called a friend, the pain of an unrequited love, the hate of the loved one, of abandonment, the miss you.
Vigo sea waves,
If you see my boyfriend!
By God, (say) it will come soon!
Waves of the rough sea,
If you see my beloved!
By God, (say) it will come soon!
if you see my beloved
For whom I fear greatly!
By God, (say) it will come soon!
Songs of Scorn and Cursing: Direct criticism and ironic content, introducing the songs of Maldizer, with coarser and straighter tones.
There! Ugly Mistress! you went to complain
Because I never praised you in my thunder
But now I want to sing
In which I will praise you, however,
And see how I want to praise you:
Ugly, old and crazy owner!
There! Ugly Mistress! May God forgive me!
for you have such a good heart
That I will praise you for this reason,
I will praise you, however;
And see what the praise will be:
Ugly, old and crazy owner!
Ugly lady, I never praised you
In my thunder, but I've already thundered a lot;
However, I will now do a good singing
in which I will praise you, however:
and I will tell you how I will praise:
ugly, old and crazy owner!SOURCE: CAMPEDELLI, Samira Yosef. Literature: history & text 1, Saraiva, 2005. P. 149-157.
We cannot fail to mention the chivalry novels, in prose, the troubadourism marks the verses, some adapted in cinema like: The Holy Grail's demand based to produce indiana jonnes in theaters, Lancelot and the spell of Here there
The period style never dies, and we can clearly see this in DJAVAN's music, the memory of troubadourism boosted the creation of several songs in romanticism and nowadays repercussions of troubadourism in the song Meu bem to want:
my darling
Djavan
my dear
It's secret, it's sacred
it's consecrated
In my heart
my dear
There's a bit of a sin
caressed
by emotion
my dear
My charm
I am suffering
So much love
And what is suffering
for me i'm
sworn to die
Of love?
Subscribe to our email list and receive interesting information and updates in your email inbox
Thanks for signing up.
