Lope's «comedias bizantinas» in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts

In this paper I will attempt to explain the birth of Lope de Vega's comedias bizantinas —located in the tumultuous Mediterranean Sea and starring captives and corsairs, loyal lovers, Christians and Moors— in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts. After studying the presence of their mai...

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Autor principal:	Daniel Fernández Rodríguez
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Publicado:	Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 2017
Materias:	«comedias bizantinas» «comedia nueva» Lope de Vega sixteenth century theatre «generación de los ochenta» «commedia regolare» Literature (General) PN1-6790
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b41634b893374e42b62233b4284e97022021-12-05T09:49:03ZLope's «comedias bizantinas» in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts10.5565/rev/anuariolopedevega.1982014-8860https://doaj.org/article/b41634b893374e42b62233b4284e97022017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://revistes.uab.cat/anuariolopedevega/article/view/198https://doaj.org/toc/2014-8860In this paper I will attempt to explain the birth of Lope de Vega's comedias bizantinas —located in the tumultuous Mediterranean Sea and starring captives and corsairs, loyal lovers, Christians and Moors— in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts. After studying the presence of their main plots, themes and motifs in Spanish and Italian sixteenth-century theatre, I will show that their first theatrical precedents appeared around 1580, when some Spanish playwrights decided to put the classical models aside in an attempt to satisfy their audience. In order to do so, they adapted all kinds of literary sources (such as novelle and novelas bizantinas, romances de cautivos, etc.), and also their historical background (corsair attacks, captivity in Africa...). Up until then, both in Spanish and in Italian theatre, such stories were only used —with a few exceptions— in prologues and in inserted stories told by some character, without breaking the Aristotelian rules and in accordance with classical patterns. The extreme freedom involved in the comedias bizantinas and many other plays by Lope had a profound influence on Italian theatre.Daniel Fernández RodríguezUniversitat Autònoma de Barcelonaarticle«comedias bizantinas»«comedia nueva»Lope de Vegasixteenth century theatre«generación de los ochenta»«commedia regolare»Literature (General)PN1-6790ESAnuario Lope de Vega: Texto, Literatura, Cultura, Vol 23 (2017)
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description	In this paper I will attempt to explain the birth of Lope de Vega's comedias bizantinas —located in the tumultuous Mediterranean Sea and starring captives and corsairs, loyal lovers, Christians and Moors— in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts. After studying the presence of their main plots, themes and motifs in Spanish and Italian sixteenth-century theatre, I will show that their first theatrical precedents appeared around 1580, when some Spanish playwrights decided to put the classical models aside in an attempt to satisfy their audience. In order to do so, they adapted all kinds of literary sources (such as novelle and novelas bizantinas, romances de cautivos, etc.), and also their historical background (corsair attacks, captivity in Africa...). Up until then, both in Spanish and in Italian theatre, such stories were only used —with a few exceptions— in prologues and in inserted stories told by some character, without breaking the Aristotelian rules and in accordance with classical patterns. The extreme freedom involved in the comedias bizantinas and many other plays by Lope had a profound influence on Italian theatre.
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title	Lope's «comedias bizantinas» in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts
title_short	Lope's «comedias bizantinas» in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts
title_full	Lope's «comedias bizantinas» in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts
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Lope's «comedias bizantinas» in their Spanish and Italian theatrical contexts

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