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Resumen: Este trabajo propone un estudio sobre los contrastes y las ironías en La ciudad alegre y confiada de Jacinto Benavente. Estos tienen un impacto estilístico y cómico característicos del teatro español de las primeras décadas del siglo XX. Además, el contraste y la ironía definen la estructura ideológica de esta obra y justifican su cierre. En la primera sección, las características y los personajes individuales serán estudiados a través de las contradicciones e incoherencias sociales que contribuyen a la imprevisible naturaleza de la trama. En la segunda sección, el análisis de la estructura socioeconómica de la sociedad proveerá las bases para los conflictos individuales y colectivos. La última sección se enfocará en la relación entre la vida y la muerte. Los protagonistas Crispín y Desterrado están convencidos que la muerte es la única manera de purificar a la gente y de salvar su ciudad. Soren Kierkegaard, Wayne Booth and Peter Roster proveen los acercamientos teóricos a la ironía que se utilizarán en este trabajo.Abstract: This paper proposes a study of contrasts and ironies in Jacinto Benavente’s play La ciudad alegre y confiada. They produce stylistic and comical effects that are typical of the Spanish drama in the first decades of the 20th century. However, they also define the ideological structure of the play and justify its outcome. The contrasts and the ironies of this play will be studied in three sections. In the first one, the personal characteristics and roles will be examined. Their contradictions and incoherencies contribute to the unpredictable nature of the play. In the second section, the analysis of the socioeconomic structure of the society will provide the bases for individual and collective conflicts. The last section focuses on the relation between life and death. The key protagonists Crispin and Desterrado are convinced that death is the only way to purify the people and to save their town. Soren Kierkegaard, Wayne Booth and Peter Roster provide the theoretical approaches to irony that will be used in this study.

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