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Classical Spanish Theater in the Cinema

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open access | peer reviewed
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  • Marco Presotto - Università degli Studi di Trento, Italia - email

Abstract
This book aims to deepen the relationship between classical Spanish theater and cinema through the analysis of a corpus which has been only partially studied and recently rescued by critics. The chapters first deal with theoretical questions about the cinematographic adaptation of a dramatic text, followed by specific studies of significant periods in the political and cultural history of Spain in the 20th century, such as the artistic production of exile and that of the Franco regime, also taking into account the creative contribution of the most recent films based on the theme and their impact on contemporary society.

Keywords Francoism • Spanish Comedia • Communism • Hispanism • Reception of the Golden Age theatre heritage • Spanish theater of Golden Century • El perro del hortelano • Lope de Vega • Portugal • Menos es más • Cinematic space • Siglo de Oro • Argentine cinema • Pedro Calderón de la Barca • Reception • Screen adaptation • Filmic rewriting • Theater-cinema relations • La vida es sueño • Theatre in cinema • Monologue • Propaganda • Spanish Golden Age theater • Calderón • Film adaptation • María Teresa León • Naples • Franco’s regime • Pilar Miró • Cinematographic adaption • Theories on adaptation • Audience • Shakespeare • Golden Age Drama Studies • Cinema • Agustín Moreto • Reception of the Golden Age Theatre Heritage • Golden Age Drama • Spanishness • El Alcalde de Zalamea • Censorship • Dictatorship • Adaptation • Spain • Theatre • Dialectic high vs low • Theatrical space • Film version • Nazism • Spanish cinema • El desdén con el desdén • Don Juan • National identity • Francisco Franco • Rafael Alberti

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-330-4 | e-ISBN 978-88-6969-330-4 | ISBN (PRINT) 978-88-6969-331-1 | Number of pages 200 | Dimensions 16x23cm | Published July 12, 2019 | Language es

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