El espectáculo teatral como objeto artístico: el manuscrito de la Fábula de Andrómeda y Perseo

This paper studies the totalizing purpose with which the manuscript of the Fable of Andromeda and Perseus, a mythological drama written by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, was conceived. With a very innovative approach, its goal goes beyond preserving a literary text, as it seeks to transmit an entire sh...

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Main Author: Francisco Sáez Raposo.
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Casa de Velázquez 2025-05-01
Series:Mélanges de la Casa de Velázquez
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/mcv/24204
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Summary:This paper studies the totalizing purpose with which the manuscript of the Fable of Andromeda and Perseus, a mythological drama written by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, was conceived. With a very innovative approach, its goal goes beyond preserving a literary text, as it seeks to transmit an entire show as a whole, that is, the possibility of reliving, for someone who was not present, an experience in an intense way. To do this, various elements are interwoven (the literary text, a series of drawings, the score of the feast and a report of the performance) that, decoded in a symbiotic and convenient way by a trained reader, can generate images and sensations from the use of aesthetic memory. A key piece in this process is the anonymous description that details the development of the performance, absolutely neglected by critics until now.
ISSN:0076-230X
2173-1306