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Classical Spanish Theater in the Cinema

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open access | peer reviewed

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

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