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

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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