Testu-menpekotasuna Axularren obran

Abstract

The following lines propose a degree of reflection as concerns the issue of sources on which Axular's Gero was most probably based.

Without forgetting the wide range of conditions that come together in the configuration of the Navarran author's work, a significant double tendency can be identified in the area of its sources. Whilst those for "Gomendiozko karta" and "Irakurtzaileari" would seem to stem from the brief written tradition in Basque, those for the corpus of the work reveal certain similarities to other works from Latin and Castilian ascetic literature. In this way, and even when the similarity benveen large fragments from Axular's and Luis de Granada's work is so obvious as to leave little room for doubt with regard the relationship of textual dependency between the two, the problem of hypothetical common sources and even that of the existence of works that might have fortuitously acted as bridge between the cited texts still remain to be definitively determined. The repetitive nature of the ascetic works and the scarce variations that can be recognized benveen them in terms of approach, topics, quotations, etc. keep the invitation to continue investigating this subject more than open.