La buenaventura del carnaval. Tradición oral en un canto narrativo de transmisión moderna

This study focuses on the narrative song generally known as La Buenaventura. As I try to show from the comparative analysis of almost a hundred oral samples of different origins, despite spreading recently and through loose folds, this song experimented an interesting process of traditionalization. This is observable at the level of the discourse, the configuration of the intrigue and the intention, as well as in the contaminations and links with other songs and romances of the traditional repertoire.