"Enaxí com lo mariner s'endressa en son viatge". A propòsit de les imatges marines del "Llibre de contemplació en Déu" de Ramon Llull

Abstract

Summary: The metaphor about the love and the sea is a motif that has a long textual tradition. In his works, Llull uses various figures of speech at the service of his apologetic aims. An example is the nautical and commercial terminology that is regularly used to express Llull’s thought. This is stated throughout his great work, the Llibre de Contemplació, in which the marine motif appears repeatedly with a clear moral and epistemological purpose. Specifically, in the LC we find the simile in various forms with a remarkable specific purpose. To show this specificity the similar will be compared to the marine metaphor that appears in the Llibre d’amic e amat, closer to the literary tradition, within the mechanics of the knowledge of mystical love.
Keywords: Catalan literature, Llibre d’amic e amat, Llibre de Contemplació, medieval literature, metaphors, mysticism, Ramon Lull.