El amor cotes como una parodia en La Celestina

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La Celestina, escrita por Fernando de Rojas, se puede considerar como una de las novelas más importantes de España por la forma en que fue escrito, así como ir en contra de las normas sociales. Uno de los temas más interesantes de La Celestina es la forma en la que el amor cortés es subvertido por Celestina y sus compañeras. El amor cortés es una filosofía del amor que enfatizaba lo místico y lo platónico del amor. Empezó en la Edad Media y se extendió por Europa en los poemas épicos de los juglares y trovadores que entretenían en las cortes (…). Los personajes que expresan el amor cortés en realidad no lo hacen, pero se convierten en parodias. El tema del amor cortés no es tradicional en La Celestina en comparación con otras obras del Renacimiento, ya que no sigue las reglas o pasos normales de cómo debe ser una mujer cortejada. Debido a esto, la historia termina como una tragedia.
Hay muchos ejemplos y presagios que permiten al lector saber que el final de La Celestina no tendrá un buen final. El principal ejemplo es La Celestina. Ella practica la brujería, ella es la líder de un burdel, y ella es manipuladora y un instigador. Las mujeres que trabajan para ella son prostitutas y no son de buen carácter cualquiera. La Celestina es una casamentera, pero no un santo. En muchas culturas, matchmaking es una forma aceptable de encontrar un cónyuge. Algunos de los factores que determinan si uno es un pretendiente elegible es la situación económica, la educación, y si iba a ser capaz de cuidar de su esposa ( ... ) . Sin embargo, Melibea es de un rango superior al de Calisto, y se puede entender que ella es más inteligente que él. Este hecho es suficiente para saber que una relación entre Melibea y Calisto sería muy poco probable. Matchm...

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...ero lamento de Pleberio comienza malos auspicios cuando le dice a su esposa en muy común, si no es cómico, términos que " nuestra fuente de alegría es por el agujero " (" Nuestro gozo en el Pozo " Ley XXI) , y su cuerpo es ( " pedazos del hecha ") . del mismo modo que no se suponía que los nobles a morir ignominiosamente caer de una escalera como Calisto , también las jóvenes no terminan en pedazos al pie de una torre .
Fernando de Rojas hizo un buen trabajo en la introducción de la parodia del amor cortés en La Celestina, un tema que no fue mencionado en la literatura o la poesía antes. La Celestina fue uno de los libros más célebres del siglo 16 y su popularidad también trajo el escrutinio de los predicadores y moralistas que lo condenó por su inmoralidad. La Celestina es una historia que llevó a la práctica del amor cortés a la vida, y lo absurdo que era a veces.

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