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

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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