Presencia del culto jacobeo en el género de la nouvelle francesa (siglos XVI-XVIII)

Abstract

This article attempts to show the relevance and significance of the Jacobean uni-verse in the narrative genre of the French nouvelle within the period that spans from the beginning of the 16th century to the beginning of the 19th century. Although the presence of the Jacobean issue is far from overwhelming, its thematic interest cannot be neglected. There are nouvelles which include passages related to the Jacobean pilgrimage which offer valuable testimony on the journey to Compostela and on the importance that France at-tached to this pilgrimage. Thus, a historical reading is possible, allowing the critic a dia-chronic understanding of this phenomenon. Some of these passages have, additionally, a literary function (narrative or descriptive).