This study investigates the use in the comedias of Calderon de la Barca of a particular event which I have named the "elimination motif." This term refers to the excisement, whether physical or figurative, of one of the play's main characters from the dramatic events that usually, but not always, leads to the denouement, or final moments of the particular drama's action. / Chapter I provides descriptions of the 35 dramas from which Calderon excised a major character as the primary solution to the play's dilemma. The descriptions concentrate on the action surrounding the excision, but brief summaries of the preceding action are provided in order to orient the reader. The descriptions are ordered by the supposed date of composition to determine whether or not this may be a significant factor. / Chapter II consists of a motif index of Calderon's excision plays. There are actually a total of 60 excisions included in the investigation since plays often contain more than one elimination. The motif index was developed in order to systematically organize the dramatic features related to the character excisions and contains the following information: (1) The name, social class, sex, nationality and religion of both the excisor and the excised character; (2) The relationship of the excisor to the excised character; (3) The nature of the excision, i.e., how and where the elimination took place; and (4) The solution or consequences which were a direct result of the excision. / Chapter III compares and evaluates the statistics collected from the motif index in the previous chapter. This analysis is separated into five sections which correspond to the divisions of the motif index in chapter II. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-03, Section: A, page: 0765. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75077 |
| Contributors | HILL, DEBORAH JOAN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 260 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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