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LUNA RODRIGUEZ, Ray. Notes on the prologue permeability in the book of Archpriest of Hita. Letras [online]. 2012, vol.54, n.86, pp.12-32. ISSN 0459-1283.

This paper explains what the prologue permeability is on the basis of the theory of prologue stated by Alberto Porqueras Mayo in 1957 and the rhetoric of prologue and predication of the lower Middle Ages. Hence, from this perspective of the rhetoric inventio and dispositio, the prologue properties will allows us to observe how inadequate the name “prologue in prose” is, with which the scholars termed the part of the prologue written in prose in The Book of Good Love. We believe that this prologue is an exquisite piece of Medieval Spanish literature, and that it has never been studied from the point of view of the theory of prologue as literary genre. The prologue is, generally, an a posteriori form. This characteristic becomes crucial, since it reveals its true extension in The Book of Good Love, as well as other issues related to the author and his intention. Of all this, we talk in this article.

Palabras clave : sermon; prologue; permeability; predication; rhetoric.