THE CORNERSTONES OF SPANISH PICARESQUE – LAZARILLO AND BUSCÓN AND THE THEME OF HONOUR

Abstract

This paper deals with the theme of honor in two main representatives of the picaresque novel subgenre – Lazarillo and Buscón. After the introduction, which provides an overview of the Spanish novel in the 16^th and 17^th centuries and its key subgenres, detailed attention is dedicated to the picaresque novel as a national subgenre. The selected representatives are presented through all important factual information, their formal and content characteristics. The paper focuses on treating the theme of honor in these two literary works, observed from the perspective of the character of the protagonist, the anti-hero – picard (picaro), but also from the perspective of his family and social context. Special emphasis is on the idea of differentioation of the idea of honor, which can be seen as external – material or internal – human and moral.