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Classical Spanish Theater in the Cinema

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

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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