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Classical Spanish Theater in the Cinema

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

Thema codes ATFA • ATD • DSG • 1DSE • 3MP

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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