Falta de decoro, autoridad comprometida y el cuerpo político soberano en “Las aventuras de Nigel” y “El corazón de Mid-Lothian”

Autores/as

  • A.D. Cousins Macquarie University
  • Dani Napton Macquarie University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.3321

Palabras clave:

Walter Scott, Teoría de los dos cuerpos, soberanía, monarquía Estuardo, monarquía Hanover, falta de decoro

Resumen

Las respectivas caracterizaciones que Walter Scott realiza de Jaime I y Carolina, esposa de Jorge II, en “Las aventuras de Nigel” (1822) y “El corazón de Mid-Lothian” (1818) permiten que el autor cree una dualidad de la representación del soberano como cuerpo físico y cuerpo político que se puede identificar históricamente. Scott muestra cómo cada monarca pretendía establecer, consolidar y legitimar su respectiva autoridad en el dinámico entorno religioso y político que regentaba. Para ello, Scott señala la autoridad monárquica de Jaime y de Carolina como intrínsecamente comprometida a través de tres estratagemas. En primer lugar, los coloca a ambos como faltos de decoro personal o político, mostrando acciones que no se corresponden con la soberanía. En segundo lugar, demuestra la manera en la que falta de masculinidad de cada monarca, sea ésta real o percibida, reduce la autoridad que ejerce. Por último, muestra que se alcanza la harmonía y la justicia que persiguen los protagonistas de cada novela, aunque subraya que esto no se consigue únicamente gracias a la intervención del monarca, sino gracias a otros mejor posicionados para ayudar al héroe y a la heroína a nivel individual (y por tanto a la soberanía a nivel macrocósmico) para que alcancen un estadio duradero de justicia y harmonía social. De esta manera, Scott es capaz de afirmar la naturaleza positiva tanto de la monarquía Estuardo como de la Hanover y, simultáneamente, de mantener una apreciación precavida, cualificada y poco menos que incondicional de estos dos monarcas.

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Biografía del autor/a

A.D. Cousins, Macquarie University

Department of English, Macquarie University

Honorary Associate

Dani Napton, Macquarie University

Department of English, Macquarie University

Professor

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18-12-2018

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Cousins, A., & Napton, D. (2018). Falta de decoro, autoridad comprometida y el cuerpo político soberano en “Las aventuras de Nigel” y “El corazón de Mid-Lothian”. Journal of English Studies, 16, 27–46. https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.3321

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