Deceit Plus Desire Equals Violence

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In comedia societies, a public-opinion system known as honor, complicated by love and desire among men and women, organizes the characters. Violence, the oldest means of social control, results, defining class lines as well as sex roles. A model based on René Girard's theories exposes the social dynamic of works by Lope de Vega and Calderón, and illuminates their portrayal of societies, especially as interpreted for the viewing public.

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Debra D. Andrist

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«An original as well as useful approach to one of the main and most difficult subjects of the Spanish literature. It brings to full light the threat of violence. The course of the elucidation leads to an innovative and necessary emphasis on the different dramatic quality of the plays by Lope and Calderón. A valuable contribution to the understanding of the Spanish Golden Age theater.» (Angel L. Cilveti, University of North Carolina)
«Dr. Andrist's most remarkable quality is her sense of order and organization. She deals with ideas not in an intuitive manner, but by arranging them, setting them orderly in relation to one another, and by drawing conclusions from such relationships. A solidly-structured whole, where one can see a number of very interesting and original ideas, but treated with a certain detachment, without too much emphasis, simply as part of the whole.» (Cesáreo Bandera, Chairman of Romance Languages University of North Carolina)
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