Tragicomedy and Literary Decorum: Theoretical Foundations of the “Third Dramatic Genre” in the Origins of Spanish Theater

Abstract

AbstractThis paper, which evaluates the theoretical underpinnings of tragicomedy, examines the ideas on literary decorum that formed the basis for the traditional definitions of the different dramatic genres. Within this context, an argument is made that the emergence of the ‘third genre’ was associated with changing views on the adaptation of theater to bring it into line with the concept of literary