Abstract
The representation of the king archetype in Lope de Vega’s plays has inspired innumerable different interpretations. This paper analyses the dramatization of Alfonso III of Portugal in La discreta venganza: a medieval monarch who repudiated his first wife to marry Beatrice of Castile, Alfonso X’s daughter. This article shows that Lope presents an inexpert king, with errors of judgment, in contrast to the figure of don Juan —his private— who objected to the new marriage; and also to the Queen Consort, whose lineage is exalted in this work.
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Resumen La representación del rey en el teatro de Lope de Vega ha suscitado múltiples interpretaciones
This paper analyses the dramatization of Alfonso III of Portugal
This article shows that Lope presents an inexpert king
Summary
Resumen La representación del rey en el teatro de Lope de Vega ha suscitado múltiples interpretaciones. En el mismo año publicaba Alfredo Hermenegildo un trabajo en el que contraponía la imagen del rey en el teatro del Fénix y en las tragedias de los dramaturgos senequistas del xvi y en el que señalaba [1976:57-58] que: El triunfo total y devastador [...] de Lope de Vega se debe, más que al perfeccionamiento formal del arte de hacer comedias, al condicionamiento ideológico de su teatro http://revistes.uab.cat/anuariolopedevega
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