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novela de caballería

English translation: Chivalric romance(s)

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Spanish term or phrase:novela de caballería
English translation:Chivalric romance(s)
Entered by: NinaEF

11:34 Dec 14, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature / article on media and literary developments in Mexico
Spanish term or phrase: novela de caballería
Help!! :)

I'm having difficulty finding a good English translation without going into long descriptions of the elements of heroism, fantasy, bravery, courtly love, adventure, merit, etc. that are all wrapped up so nicely in Spanish in just 3 words!

All ideas are welcome.
Thanks,
Nina
NinaEF
Spain
Local time: 10:41
Chivalric romance(s)
Explanation:
I think we need to retain the word 'romance' as this is actually a genre. The Romance genre was one of the earliest forms of medieval literature intended to be read, not sung at court. As only the nobility could read at that time, the genre mainly dealt with the heroic deeds of knights and courtly love.
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Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:41
Grading comment
Thanks very much - this sounds like the best option to me!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +8chivalric novel
Noni Gilbert Riley
3 +2novel/story of chivalry
Lisa McCarthy
4 +1swashbucklers and heroic fantasies
Jenni Lukac (X)
3 +1chivalric novel
Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
3Chivalric romance(s)
Marian Vieyra
Summary of reference entries provided
Spanish Chivalry Novel
evelyn beltrán

  

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chivalric novel


Explanation:
Saludos

Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.)
Spain
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Spanish
PRO pts in category: 84

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Sonia Girard
11 hrs
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
novel/story of chivalry


Explanation:
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Amadis of Gaul: ***A Novel of Chivalry** of the Fourteenth Century: Bks ...
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31 Jan 2003 – CainJose Saramago; Margaret Jull Costa. After Adam and Eve have been cast out of Eden, Eve decides to go back and ask the angel guarding the ...

Summary of the Book Don Quixote - Ask Jeeves
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Don Quixote is a fictional ***novel of chivalry.*** http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_kind_of_book_is_don... How many pages in the book Don Quixote? a lot ...

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Results 1 - 30 – 'a classic of medieval literature ***a novel of chivalry**, courtship and war. Originally in Catalan in 1490. Fine copy in VG+ dustwrapper, ...

Lisa McCarthy
Spain
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 104

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz
4 mins
  -> Thanks, Alistair :)
agree  Noni Gilbert Riley: Spot the Modern Languages grads?!
30 mins
  -> Thanks, Noni :))
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
swashbucklers and heroic fantasies


Explanation:
This term would indicate a more contemporary genre than chivalric novels, which might be misconstrued as period literary classics. www.violetbooks.com/swordromance.html -
Gentleman of France THE ROMANCE OF THE SWORD Celebrating Swashbucklers & Heroic Fantasies. Haarrrrr, mates! If I believed in reincarnation I should ...; www.bestfantasybooks.com/best-sword-and-sorc... - Traducir esta página
You don't normally read about an African hero in fantasy literature, but .... series is more high fantasy than sword and sorcery, there's enough swashbuckling in ...

Jenni Lukac (X)
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 156

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: l agree - presuming that the title covers later works of fiction
2 hrs
  -> Thanks, Ormiston. "Fantasy" was the keyword for me here, but the asker will know best.
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42 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Chivalric romance(s)


Explanation:
I think we need to retain the word 'romance' as this is actually a genre. The Romance genre was one of the earliest forms of medieval literature intended to be read, not sung at court. As only the nobility could read at that time, the genre mainly dealt with the heroic deeds of knights and courtly love.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romance_(genre)
    Reference: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ChivalricRomance
Marian Vieyra
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:41
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 47
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Thanks very much - this sounds like the best option to me!
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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +8
chivalric novel


Explanation:
Seem to remember this from studying the genre!

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-12-14 11:42:04 GMT)
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http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/37509/ re Chivalric romance

http://ebooks.cambridge.org/chapter.jsf?bid=CBO9780511518904... See "chapter extract" on chivalric romances.

*Chivalric ROMANCES* seems to be the term used in academia... faulty memory there!

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Note added at 3 hrs (2011-12-14 14:51:20 GMT)
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Yes, please let me emphasise the progress of my thoughts, which arrived definitively at *Chivalric romances* (and not novel, as Charles quite rightly points out - far too much debate wd be involved over where and when the novel genre arose).

Noni Gilbert Riley
Spain
Local time: 10:41
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 80

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Simon Bruni: this is the genre
21 mins
  -> Thanks Simon
agree  Evans (X): often 'chivalric romance' or even just 'romance' as a literary genre, but I would only use the latter in a historical context. It's modern meaning is obviously different.
25 mins
  -> Thanks Gilla
agree  Margarita Ezquerra (Smart Translators, S.L.): Perdón... tú primero. Saludos
27 mins
  -> Great minds think alike! Thanks
agree  Charles Davis: "Chivalric romance" or "romance of chivalry" is dead right; NOT "chivalric novel"!
35 mins
  -> Thanks Charles - the other stuff is now just under my hat!!
agree  Carol Gullidge: yes, chivalric romance - as in tales of derring-do and damsels in distress. I'doubt that "romance" oin its own (as suggested by Gilla) would work, as this has quite different connotations
1 hr
  -> Thanks Carol
agree  Richard Hill
3 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  Yvonne Gallagher
3 hrs
  -> Thank you
agree  James A. Walsh
4 hrs
  -> Thanks James
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Reference comments


7 hrs
Reference: Spanish Chivalry Novel

Reference information:
Golden Age Prose Fiction
Prose fiction of the Golden Age is extremely rich and varied and culminates with a remarkable number of novels at the beginning of the 17th century, the most famous of which is Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.

Cervantes’ main inspiration for Don Quixote were the romances (prose fiction) of chivalry, the favourite form of literature at all social levels in the first half of the 16th century. Of these romances, the most popular was Amadís de Gaula, the "father" of the Spanish romances of chivalry, first mentioned in the early 14th century but not published until 1508. A flood of sequels and spin offs followed, the son of Amadís, the grandson of Amadís and so on (their circulation was made easier thanks to the printing press, which first appeared in Spain in 1474).

The romances of chivalry lost much of their popularity in the second half of the 16th century, to be replaced --mainly in aristocratic circles-- by the pastoral novel. At the same time, the Moorish novel or novela morisca made its appearance, following the publication of the little gem El Abencerraje y la hermosa Jarifa 1561.

Of the other prose fiction forms, the Spanish sentimental romances of the 15th century or earlier enjoyed some success in the Golden Age, as did Byzantine romances of Greek inspiration (in the latter years of the 16th century). None, however, were to have the impact of a new literary form that might be loosely called the “realistic” novel. In these realistic novels, the action was contemporary, the location recognisable, and the characters credible.

evelyn beltrán
United States
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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