Library of Rassegna iberistica

Series | Library of Rassegna iberistica
Edited book | Serenísima palabra
Chapter | De locos fingidos a locos alegóricos (en Lope y Fernández de Lizardi)

De locos fingidos a locos alegóricos (en Lope y Fernández de Lizardi)

Abstract

Faced with a peculiar play such as Todos contra el Payo y el Payo contra todos (attributed to Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi), with its plot development in an insane asylum in New Spain, we might suppose that the author was influenced by Lope de Vega and his comedy Los locos de Valencia, which also takes place in a similar institution. Actually, we witness a continuity of practices from one setting to the other – Spain the metropolis, and New Spain the colony –, beginning with the feast dedicated to the mad community on the Day of the Innocents. The similarity, however, ends there, because the two plays belong to different dramatic traditions, Lizardi’s a comedia de figurones with baroque traits, and Lope’s a typical comedia de enredo whose principal characters merely feign their insanity.   


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Submitted: July 12, 2015 | Accepted: Dec. 14, 2016 | Language: it

Keywords Insane asylums • Madmen • Fernández de Lizardi • Baroque comedy • Lope de Vega

Copyright © 2017 Felipe Reyes Palacios. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

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