Abstract
Despite the presence of censorship, the theater scene in the Spain of the Golden Age, was a privileged space for the manifestation sides political worldviews that emerged in conjunction with the Modern State: Nicolas Maquiavelo’s doctrine and reasons of state. The first proclaimed the autonomy of politics, while the second outlined the means to strengthen state power. In this paper, we propose to analyze two of the most famous tragedies Calderon: La vida es sueno and La Hija del Aire. In both works, also manifest a profound ethical thought, who, at the dawn of modernity, denounced the abuses of power.
Highlights
Despite the presence of censorship, the theater scene in the Spain of the Golden Age, was a privileged space for the manifestation sides political worldviews that emerged in conjunction with the Modern State: Nicolás Maquiavelo’s doctrine and reasons of state
The first proclaimed the autonomy of politics, while the second outlined the means to strengthen state power
We propose to analyze two of the most famous tragedies Calderón: La vida es sueño and La Hija del Aire
Summary
3. El poder y sus armas Las obras políticas de los escritores del Siglo de Oro español, anatematizaron la doctrina de Maquiavelo. Este empirismo puede ser constatado en el siguiente pasaje de El Príncipe: Pero mi intención es escribir algo útil para quien lea, y entonces me ha parecido más conveniente seguir la verdad real de la cosa y no su representación imaginaria [...] porque el modo en que se vive y el modo en que se debería vivir están tan lejos el uno del otro, que si alguien deja a un lado lo que se hace por lo que se debería hacer aprende más su ruina que su preservación: un hombre que quiere profesar de bueno en todos los aspectos, sólo logrará su ruina entre tantos que no lo son.
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