Voci autoriali e auto-denominazione in Marcabru
This article focuses on the technique of autonominatio in the poems of Occitan
troubadour Marcabru (ca. 1125-1150). The essay considers the distinctive
features of the verbal and pronominal structures of Marcabru’s vers and
examines the social context of his poetry taking into account the passages in
which the name Marcabru appears: where does Marcabru name himself? to
which social group does he address? to which social group does he declare to
belong? Thanks to this enquiry, we propose a new interpretation of some vers,