Lecture 8Outline of Last Lecture I. English Renaissance: The BasicsII. Elizabethan DramaIII. Christopher MarlowIV. Elizabethan Dramatic TextsV. ShakespeareVI. Why is Shakespeare Important?VII. The AudienceVIII. The Building Itself Outline of Current Lecture I. General Information on the Spanish Golden AgeII. Forms of Theater That Emergeda. Autos Sacramentableb. ComediasIII. Lope de VegaIV. Pedro Calderόn Current LectureI. General Information on the Spanish Golden Agea. Spanish Golden Age was from 1400’s to mid/late 1600’sb. Ferdinand and Isabelle united to make Spainc. During reign, Spain started aggressively expelling the Jews and the Moorsd. Moors had influenced Spain in things like architecture, art, etc.e. Jews kicked out because of religion so Spain loses good citizensf. 1588 = Spanish Armada defeated by Englandi. Spain slowly began to lose powerii. France and England gain power II. Forms of Theater That Emergeda. Autos Sacaramentablesi. Religious drama performed on wagonsii. “auto” = one act; “sacramentables” = having to do with the sacraentsiii. Before this, religious drama wasn’t as predominant because the Moors influenced religions greatly while still in Spainiv. Performed at Corpus Christi because it is the feast celebrating the sacramentsv. Eventually, these types of plays became more diverse in content, but it ultimately had to deal with silencing the validity of the church THAR 281 1st Editionb. Comedias i. Secular and religious theater were both rising equallyii. Do not HAVE to be comediciii. More about form than contentiv. Deal with episodic formv. Not neoclassical at allvi. Are three acts long as opposed to Shakespeare’s 5 actsvii. Based on love and honor III. Lope de Vegaa. One of the most prolific dramatists of all timesb. Wrote about 800 plays; 470 of them still existi. Also wrote non-traumatic prose and poetryc. Went to many universitiesd. Had affairs and expelled from citiese. His main goal as a dramatist:i. To please the audiencef. Famous Works:i. “Knight of Olmeda”ii. “The King The Greatest Mayor”IV. Pedro Calderόn a. Only wrote about 20 playsi. Became influential on French neoclassicism and English restorationb. Had a very busy lifec. Famous Work: “Life is a Dream”i. Takes place in Polandii. Deals with the King of Poland imprisoning his son because his son could be harmful so when the King explains to the son, the son becomes violent. The Prince is unsure if his actions were real or just a dream. When Prince asked to kill the King, his father, he can’t do it. Conclusion is that the Prince feels that regardless if asleep or awake he should always do good
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