Publication: Testimonios históricos y literarios del monasterio de San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial
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2016-10-26
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Son tan notables y numerosos los testimonios literarios sobre el Monasterio de San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial que convierten en temerario atrevimiento el intentar recogerlos en su totalidad. Por otra parte, quienes hayan tenido la oportunidad de consultar, por ejemplo, el libro de Saturnino Álvarez El Escorial en las letras españolas 1, pensarán que todo está dicho acerca de la literatura escurialense. Sin embargo, nada más lejos de esta apreciación. Cualquier estudio que ofrezca testimonios literarios del Real Monasterio podrá ser más o menos amplio pero no completo. En un principio, la idea para esta tesis surgió al contemplar desde el claustro de la torre de la Botica las diferentes dependencias donde se encuentran los fondos de la Biblioteca Real del Monasterio, observar el cuadro del primer bibliotecario jerónimo fray José de Sigüenza en el salón principal, y leer una obra del mismo titulada Fundación del Monasterio de El Escorial2 que me recomendó fray Luciano Rubio, siendo yo un joven novicio. En ella se historiaba la grandeza de un edificio único que resumía todos los parámetros del saber hasta la época. La elección de la literatura escurialense vino por sí sola al advertir que era un tema poco tratado en su conjunto y al comprobar que podía ser interesante ofrecer una visión objetiva de autores y obras que escriben sobre el Escorial, en los diferentes géneros literarios, a lo largo de los cuatro siglos y medio de existencia del Monasterio. Comentados estos preliminares, la introducción que ofrecemos pretende preparar el camino y marcar las pautas de todo lo que a continuación vamos a desarrollar. En los dictámenes o preceptiva del mundo clásico era aconsejable que la introducción de cualquier estudio debiera ser lo último que un autor escribiese. Aunque resulte contradictoria esta afirmación, parece lógica pues es al final de lo escrito cuando alguien puede tener una visión más completa de lo tratado...
Beyond the giant construction from the 16th century, fifty kilometers away from Madrid, there is a building full of history and stories that was and is a convent, palace, basilica, school, pantheon and library. An emblematic place which has caused admiration and amazement to many but also the rejection of not a few. The El Escorial created by Philip II of Spain is a huge synthesis of all sciences, cultures and known arts. From its earliest days, it has been a center of religious and political power, historical investigation, architectural and artistic grandeur, and cultural heritage. It could have not been expected that such a rich place in testimonies and historical chronicles would not be as rich in literary references. Some questions came up based on these assumptions, and the answers to those have been the basis of this study: Who can think that novels, legends and even travel books have been written in prose from foreign authors who travelled Spain and stared at the Monastery of El Escorial? Who can imagine poetic references in El Escorial finding poems all along these past four centuries which sing, cry and seduce with their verses the chiaroscuro shades from the great monument? Who can glimpse that this great Monastery was the scenario to create and imagine drama since the Spanish Golden Age to nowadays? The Monastery of El Escorial has been closely linked since its founding to Spanish History and its literature. The official title since it was founded was Monasterio de San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial [Monastery of Saint Lawrence The Royal from El Escorial]. The name of Escorial comes from the village in the area...
Beyond the giant construction from the 16th century, fifty kilometers away from Madrid, there is a building full of history and stories that was and is a convent, palace, basilica, school, pantheon and library. An emblematic place which has caused admiration and amazement to many but also the rejection of not a few. The El Escorial created by Philip II of Spain is a huge synthesis of all sciences, cultures and known arts. From its earliest days, it has been a center of religious and political power, historical investigation, architectural and artistic grandeur, and cultural heritage. It could have not been expected that such a rich place in testimonies and historical chronicles would not be as rich in literary references. Some questions came up based on these assumptions, and the answers to those have been the basis of this study: Who can think that novels, legends and even travel books have been written in prose from foreign authors who travelled Spain and stared at the Monastery of El Escorial? Who can imagine poetic references in El Escorial finding poems all along these past four centuries which sing, cry and seduce with their verses the chiaroscuro shades from the great monument? Who can glimpse that this great Monastery was the scenario to create and imagine drama since the Spanish Golden Age to nowadays? The Monastery of El Escorial has been closely linked since its founding to Spanish History and its literature. The official title since it was founded was Monasterio de San Lorenzo el Real de El Escorial [Monastery of Saint Lawrence The Royal from El Escorial]. The name of Escorial comes from the village in the area...
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Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Filología, Departamento de Filología Española II (Literatura Española), leída el 04/12/2015