Lope in Manhattan: Hyperreality, Space, and Violence in Julián Mesri’s «Fuenteovejuna»

This analysis of Repertorio Español’s 2013 production of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna in New York City focuses on the elements of communication, space, and violence. In director Julián Mesri’s staging, modern media or technology at times replace the human messengers of the original text, which has...

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Autor principal:	Christopher D. Gascón
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2018
Materias:	Lope de Vega Fuenteovejuna Repertorio Español Julián Mesri hyperreality simulacra Literature (General) PN1-6790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aa50e70c3d3d4732ad87151c7630cdb62021-12-05T09:48:31ZLope in Manhattan: Hyperreality, Space, and Violence in Julián Mesri’s «Fuenteovejuna»10.5565/rev/anuariolopedevega.2472014-8860https://doaj.org/article/aa50e70c3d3d4732ad87151c7630cdb62018-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/anuariolopedevega/article/view/247https://doaj.org/toc/2014-8860 This analysis of Repertorio Español’s 2013 production of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna in New York City focuses on the elements of communication, space, and violence. In director Julián Mesri’s staging, modern media or technology at times replace the human messengers of the original text, which has the double effect of distancing the audience emotionally from the events reported while calling attention to the mediums themselves and their agendas. In this contemporary urban world of simulacra, space seems compressed and violence appears conceptual. Mesri presents Fuenteovejuna as a Baudrillardian hyperreality, in which representations eclipse “reality.” In doing so, however, he does not so much alter Lope’s original as highlight, with modern touches, a dynamic that pervades the original play, Lope’s corpus, and much of Spanish Golden Age drama. Mesri’s vision may appear strikingly contemporary, yet the mode of representation it foregrounds is classic Lope. Christopher D. GascónUniversitat Autònoma de BarcelonaarticleLope de VegaFuenteovejunaRepertorio EspañolJulián MesrihyperrealitysimulacraLiterature (General)PN1-6790ESAnuario Lope de Vega: Texto, Literatura, Cultura, Vol 24 (2018)
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description	This analysis of Repertorio Español’s 2013 production of Lope de Vega’s Fuenteovejuna in New York City focuses on the elements of communication, space, and violence. In director Julián Mesri’s staging, modern media or technology at times replace the human messengers of the original text, which has the double effect of distancing the audience emotionally from the events reported while calling attention to the mediums themselves and their agendas. In this contemporary urban world of simulacra, space seems compressed and violence appears conceptual. Mesri presents Fuenteovejuna as a Baudrillardian hyperreality, in which representations eclipse “reality.” In doing so, however, he does not so much alter Lope’s original as highlight, with modern touches, a dynamic that pervades the original play, Lope’s corpus, and much of Spanish Golden Age drama. Mesri’s vision may appear strikingly contemporary, yet the mode of representation it foregrounds is classic Lope.
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title	Lope in Manhattan: Hyperreality, Space, and Violence in Julián Mesri’s «Fuenteovejuna»
title_short	Lope in Manhattan: Hyperreality, Space, and Violence in Julián Mesri’s «Fuenteovejuna»
title_full	Lope in Manhattan: Hyperreality, Space, and Violence in Julián Mesri’s «Fuenteovejuna»
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Lope in Manhattan: Hyperreality, Space, and Violence in Julián Mesri’s «Fuenteovejuna»

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