Los goliardos en la literatura del Siglo de Oro español

Abstract

This article deals with a not very well-known character in Spanish literature: the goliard. This research attempts to find out whether goliards existed in the Spanish Golden Age, even though Juan Ruiz is the only clear example of a goliard in Castilian literature. After a quick review on the history of goliards, this article develops an analysis of several texts from the Spanish Golden Age that, together with the studies developed by well-known authors, prove that goliards evolved in literature by changing their roles as authors to become characters. This implies that, though goliardic literature disappeared, they still survived in texts that belonged to other genres, and that they can be widely found in the literature produced through the Golden Age.