Jose Mart(')in Recuerda is an important dramatist on the contemporary Spanish theater of protest, which demonstrates a direct concern for the harsher actualities of Spanish social life. Although Spanish critics generally agree in placing him among the most significant of the day, there is a lack of serious criticism on the works of this playwright. / This study proposes to analyze the dramatic works of Mart(')in Recuerda, whose controversial theater depicts the existence of individuals bound to their harsh society and victimized by political and economic injustice. / The individuals may react with passive resignation or staunch resistance to the social conditions. The author's plays of the first period (La llanura, Los atridas, El Payaso y los pueblos del sur, Las ilusiones de las hermanas viajeras and El teatrito de don Ramon), corresponding to the years 1948-1960, reveal characters who agonize secretly and succumb to the social and political structures. His dramas of the second period (Como las secas canas del camino, Las salvajes en Puente San Gil, El Cristo, (INV?)Quien quiere una copla del Arcipreste de Hita?, Las arrecog(')ias del beaterio de Santa Mar(')ia Egipciaca and El enganao), corresponding to the years 1961-1977, reveal characters who protest and collectively resist those oppressing conditions surrounding them. No longer do they grieve privately as they did in the plays of the first period. Instead, they project the harsh truths of reality in these works of tension and social protest. / There is a consensus that Mart(')in Recuerda's works are primarily dramas of social protest. Although this is true in a sense, it is only a part of the meaning of his plays. Of course, this limited perspective weakens the full dramatic impact of his theater. / Through the idea of protest and indictment, the playwright delves into human conditions and demonstrates a certain sympathy for the underdog. At the same time, he protests social bigotry directed at the individual and denounces the corruption of political, religious and social institutions. / The first chapter treats the dramatist's literary production and examines the Spanish theater of the post-Civil War and the theater of Jose Mart(')in Recuerda. The second chapter examines the works of the dramatist's first period, while the third chapter focuses on the author's play of the second period. The appendix offers a chronological listing of the plays by the dramatist through 1977. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 41-03, Section: A, page: 1076. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1980.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_74113 |
| Contributors | TORRES, SIXTO E., The Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 167 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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