El entremés del niño caballero y las rescrituras burlescas de los libros de caballerías

Abstract

In the second half of the XVII century, Spanish romances of chivalry continued providing the theater and courtly festivities with characters, topic and motifs. Antonio de Solis y Ribadeneira’s interlude, El nino caballero, picks up a number of motifs from the heroic archetype that characterizes the knight, and he rewrites them in a burlesque tone. Also, the theatrical interlude stages a play of dances that the actors, among them, the famous «Juan Rana» present to the public. The article is accompanied by the critical edition of the text.