In March 1968, Portuguese censors stopped the broadcast on public television —which was the only television network at the time— of Tirso de Molina’s comedy Las quinas de Portugal. This play stages the most important creation myth for the Portuguese nation: on the eve of the battle of Ourique, a crucified Christ appeared and offered Count Afonso Henriques his five holy wounds as a symbol for the Portuguese coat of arms. In this article, I intend to understand the ethical and political reasoning of the censors who read this play, written by one of the most important playwrights of the Spanish Golden Age
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In March 1968, Portuguese censors stopped the broadcast on public television —which was the only television network at the time— of Tirso de Molina’s comedy Las quinas de Portugal. This play stages the most important creation myth for the Portuguese nation: on the eve of the [...]
El trabajo aquí presentado pretende analizar diferentes interpretaciones de un mismo mito, el de Orfeo, que hacen Lope de Vega y Calderón de la Barca. Más allá de intentar establecer relaciones de dependencia entre unas obras y otras, el análisis se ocupa de manera específica de evaluar cómo los condicionantes genéricos (v. g. comedia vs. auto sacramental) implican no solo a las propuestas interpretativas, sino al manejo de fuentes de los dramaturgos, al tratamiento de los personajes, del conflicto dramático, etc.«From Orpheus to Orpheus. Myth and Exegesis in the Dramatic Work of Lope and Calderón»The present work aims to analyze different interpretations of the myth of Orpheus made by Lope de Vega and Calderón de la Barca. Apart from trying to establish relations between various plays, the analysis deals in particular with the different ways in which the conventions of a dramatic genre (comedy vs. auto sacramental) influence not only on the interpretive proposals, but also on the handling of sources, the treatment of the characters, the dramatic conflict, etc.
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El trabajo aquí presentado pretende analizar diferentes interpretaciones de un mismo mito, el de Orfeo, que hacen Lope de Vega y Calderón de la Barca. Más allá de intentar establecer relaciones de dependencia entre unas obras y otras, el análisis se ocupa de manera específica [...]