The Dramatic Art of Guillén De Castro

Author

Dorothea Thompson Powers

Publication Date

6-3-1958

Abstract

Summing up the discussion will be the main conclusions reached about the art of Castro as a dramatist. These conclusions can be briefly expressed as follows: (1) the basic structure of the plays, and Castro's ideals and motivations, had their inception in the Valencian theater of his youth; (2) the main contribution of the Lopean comedia was to teach him the techniques for attaining greater unity of action and to instruct him in the uses of humor; (3) Castro's greatest inspiration came from popular sources such as the romancero, rather than from learned works; (4) his work is exceedingly subjective; and (5) his greatest achievement lie in the area of the re-creation of legendary material, of characterization, and of the building of scenes of great emotional intensity.

Degree Name

Spanish & Portuguese (PhD)

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Spanish and Portuguese

First Committee Member (Chair)

Raymond Ralph MacCurdy

Second Committee Member

Albert Richard Lopes

Third Committee Member

William F. DeJongh

Language

English

Document Type

Dissertation

Recommended Citation

Powers, Dorothea Thompson. "The Dramatic Art of Guillén De Castro." (1958). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/span_etds/117