Preface, Prescription, and Principle: The Early Development of Vernacular Emblem Proto-theory in France

David Graham

doi:10.17979/janus.2016.0.05.10337

Autores/as

David Graham Concordia University (Montreal), emeritus

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17979/janus.2016.0.05.10337

Palabras clave:

Emblema, teoría, prólogo, paratexto, Alciato, bimedialidad, perspectivismo

Resumen

Los primeros tratados franceses sobre Emblemática aparecieron en el siglo XVII, pero antes de su aparición muchos autores de textos emblemáticos y traducciones vernáculas habían ofrecido apreciaciones en sus paratextos (principalmente en los prólogos y dedicatorias) sobre su concepción del emblema. Como un género que emergió rápidamente, el emblema sufrió una serie de transformaciones en sí mismo, y fue imposible desarrollar una auténtica teoría del emblema no solo por eso, sino también por las presiones comerciales asociadas al intento de aprovecharse del nuevo mercado para libros ilustrados de todo tipo. Este ensayo examina el progreso de las reflexiones sobre el emblema en Francia desde los primeros tiempos hasta el período inmediatamente anterior a la publicación del Art des emblemes de Claude-François Ménestrier en 1662 y explora algunas de las razones por las que el nacimiento de la teoría del emblema en francés fue demorada tanto tiempo.

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