TY - JOUR
TI - Fortune and Providence in Three Tragic Tales from the Collection Les comptes du monde adventureux (1555)
AU - Marczuk-Szwed, Barbara
TI - Fortune and Providence in Three Tragic Tales from the Collection Les comptes du monde adventureux (1555)
AB - The Fortune is a one of basic concepts functioning both in literature and in moral discourse of the Renaissance. The main difficulty that Christian writers are facing while dealing with this concept, is the definition of the Fortune’s prerogatives: it is responsible for unpredictable and changeable course of human life, yet it is also subject to the rational and just Divine Providence.
The paper investigates this problem in three tales (10, 42, 57) from the collection Les comptes du monde adventureux signed by A.D.S.D. The author proves that, according to the moralist narrator, the protagonists who follow their own passions, are unconditionnally subject to whims of the hostile and cruel Fortune. Those who choose as guides God and reason, can count on Providence intervention. This position distinguishes A.D.S.D. from the views of Masuccio Salernitano, whose tales he has adapted in this collection. 
VL - 2018
IS - Volume 13, Issue 4
PY - 2018
SN - 1897-3035
C1 - 2084-3933
SP - 285
EP - 295
DO - 10.4467/20843933ST.18.024.9477
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studia-litteraria-uic/article/fortune-et-providence-dans-trois-nouvelles-tragiques-des-comptes-du-monde-adventureux-de-a-d-s-d-1555
KW - Renaissance
KW - tragic tales
KW - moral discourse
KW - Christianity