THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 8 Outline of Last Lecture I English Renaissance The Basics II Elizabethan Drama III Christopher Marlow IV Elizabethan Dramatic Texts V Shakespeare VI Why is Shakespeare Important VII The Audience VIII The Building Itself Outline of Current Lecture I General Information on the Spanish Golden Age II Forms of Theater That Emerged a Autos Sacramentable b Comedias III Lope de Vega IV Pedro Calder n Current Lecture I General Information on the Spanish Golden Age a Spanish Golden Age was from 1400 s to mid late 1600 s b Ferdinand and Isabelle united to make Spain c During reign Spain started aggressively expelling the Jews and the Moors d Moors had influenced Spain in things like architecture art etc e Jews kicked out because of religion so Spain loses good citizens f 1588 Spanish Armada defeated by England i Spain slowly began to lose power ii France and England gain power II Forms of Theater That Emerged a Autos Sacaramentables i Religious drama performed on wagons ii auto one act sacramentables having to do with the sacraents iii Before this religious drama wasn t as predominant because the Moors influenced religions greatly while still in Spain iv Performed at Corpus Christi because it is the feast celebrating the sacraments v Eventually these types of plays became more diverse in content but it ultimately had to deal with silencing the validity of the church b Comedias i Secular and religious theater were both rising equally ii Do not HAVE to be comedic iii More about form than content iv Deal with episodic form v Not neoclassical at all vi Are three acts long as opposed to Shakespeare s 5 acts vii Based on love and honor III Lope de Vega a One of the most prolific dramatists of all times b Wrote about 800 plays 470 of them still exist i Also wrote non traumatic prose and poetry c Went to many universities d Had affairs and expelled from cities e His main goal as a dramatist i To please the audience f Famous Works i Knight of Olmeda ii The King The Greatest Mayor IV Pedro Calder n a Only wrote about 20 plays i Became influential on French neoclassicism and English restoration b Had a very busy life c Famous Work Life is a Dream i Takes place in Poland ii 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 things
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