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Daniel Arrieta
Department Kyoto University of Foreign Studies Department of Hispanic Studies, Faculty of Foreign Studies Position Associate Professor |
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| Language | Spanish |
| Publication Date | 2008/12 |
| Type | Academic Paper |
| Peer Review | Peer reviewed |
| Title | Spanish and Japanese womanizers. An approach from Social Psychology |
| Contribution Type | Single author |
| Journal | Research Journal. Kyoto University of Foreign Studies |
| Journal Type | Japan |
| Volume, Issue, Page | pp.259-275 |
| Total page number | 17 |
| Details | The Spanish myth of Don Juan has been revisited a number of times in many literatures since its first apparition in 1630 in El Burlador de Sevilla y Convidado de Piedra by Tirso de Molina. In every case, the character-myth is depicted with different features of personality, values and ideology of love. Two of them, the Marqués de Bradomín by Valle-Inclán and Felix de Montemar by José de Espronceda, corresponding to Spanish Modernism and Romanticism respectively, have very peculiar characteristics. On the other hand, in the Japanese literature, the closest literary creation to Don Juan is Ihara Saikaku’s Yonosuke, a compulsive ladies' man from the Tokugawa’s 17th century. The objective of this article is to analyze and compare the three literary characters focusing specifically in the kind of love they profess to their lovers, using the Triangular Theory of Love, a powerful psychosocial theory by Robert J. Sternberg |