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

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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