“Actors Are Quick to Kill”: Leopoldo Alas and His Critical Reaction Against Calderón’s Morals
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.20420/PhilCan.2016.104Keywords:
Galdós, Clarín, honor, Calderón, criticismAbstract
In the context of the late nineteenth century, several liberal writers denounced, both through literature and in their critical writings, the archaic character of Calderón’s morals regarding revenge for dishonor. Similar examples in the works of Leopoldo Alas and Benito Perez Galdós allow us to analyze the ways in which the intelligentsia of their time rejected the logic of revenge and proposed new models of reaction to the possible transgression of adultery. However, Clarín’s critical articles against Calderón in 1881, the 200th anniversary of his death, reveal certain contradictions in the liberal side about the cultural heritage of the Golden Age canon.
Downloads
References
ALAS, L. 1881a. “Dos siglos después”, La Publicidad, nº 1185, 6. Disponible en: http://www.bnc.cat/digital/arca/castella/index.html.
ALAS, L. 1881b. “Palique”, La Publicidad, nº 1193, 2. Disponible en: http://www.bnc.cat/digital/arca/castella/index.html.
ALAS, L. 1966. La Regenta. Madrid: Alianza
BESER, S. y BONET, L. 1966. “Índice de colaboraciones de Leopoldo Alas en la prensa barcelonesa”, Archivum, XVI, 158-211.
BOBES NAVES, M. C. 1985. Teoría general de la novela: semiología de “La Regenta”. Madrid: Gredos.
ESCOBAR, J. 1990. “El teatro del Siglo de Oro en la controversia ideológica entre españoles castizos y críticos. Larra contra Durán”, Cuadernos de teatro clásico, 5, 160-175.
GIRARD, R. 1998. La violencia y lo sagrado. Barcelona: Anagrama.
MENÉNDEZ Y PELAYO, M. 1946. Calderón y su teatro. Buenos Aires: Emecé.
OLEZA, J. 2002. “Las afinidades electivas de un liberal: Clarín y la tradición literaria”, en Vilanova, A. y Sotelo Vázquez, A. (eds.), Leopoldo Alas “Clarín”. Actas del Simposio Internacional (Barcelona, abril de 2001). Barcelona: Universitat de Barcelona, 61-79.
ORTEGA, S. (ed.). 1964. Cartas a Galdós. Madrid: Revista de Occidente.
PÉREZ GALDÓS, B. 1925. Realidad. Drama en cinco actos. Buenos Aires: Col. Teatro Clásico. Biblioteca Económica de Autores Famosos.
PÉREZ GALDÓS, B. 1977. Realidad. Novela en cinco jornadas. Madrid: Taurus.
PÉREZ GALDÓS, B. 2016. Correspondencia, en Smith, A. E., Rodríguez Sánchez, M. A. y Lomask, L. (eds.). Madrid: Cátedra.
PODOL, M. L. 1972. “The Evolution of the Honor Theme in Modern Spanish Drama”, Hispanic Review, 40, 53-72.
RICHMOND, C. 1984. “El heroísmo irónico de Vetusta”, Los Cuadernos del Norte, 5, 23, 82-86.
RODRÍGUEZ SÁNCHEZ, M. A. 2002. “Clarín, crítico de Realidad de Galdós”, en García Pinacho, P. y Pérez Cuenca, I. (eds.), Actas del Congreso Internacional Leopoldo Alas ‘Clarín’ en su centenario (1901-2001). Espejo de una época. Madrid: Universidad San Pablo-CEU, 313-322.
ROMERO TOBAR, L. 1981. “Calderón y la literatura española del siglo XIX”, Letras de Deusto, 33, 101-124.
RUBIO JIMÉNEZ, J. 2002. “Leopoldo Alas, Clarín, y la renovación teatral”, en Leopoldo Alas, un clásico contemporáneo (1901-2001). Actas del Congreso celebrado en Oviedo (12-16 de noviembre de 2001), volumen II. Oviedo: Universidad de Oviedo, 595-628.
SOTELO VÁZQUEZ, A. 2001. “De Calderón y Clarín”, Boletín de la Institución Libre de Enseñanza, 40-41, 117-130.
WILLIAMS, R. 1975. El teatro de Ibsen a Brecht. Barcelona: Península.
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2016 Philologica Canariensia
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Philologica Canariensia is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution–NonCommercial–NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional.
Philologica Canariensia allows authors to retain unrestricted copyright and to retain it in the future.
The author is allowed to deposit the publisher's PDF version on his or her personal website, in an institutional or subject repository or in an social network. Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
a. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
b. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
c. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website), as it can lead to greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
1.png)
1.png)
