=LDR 03063nab a22003370u 4500 =001 spart12692 =003 ES-LoD =005 20230516100051.0 =008 230516s2020\\\\sp\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\spa\\ =022 \\$a2328-1308 =041 \\$aspa =100 \\$aRodríguez Mansilla, Fernando =245 \\$aPara el texto de «La dama boba»: el parto de la gata como tema burlesco$cRodríguez Mansilla, Fernando =260 \\$c2020 =520 3\$aThis article explores the theme of the «cat's delivery», narrated by the maid Clara in the first act of La dama boba by Lope de Vega. In the critical tradition about the comedy, this passage is studied as a derivation of the metaphorical opposition between darkness and light. My analysis adopts the perspective of the Animal Studies to read this literary fragment as an autonomous theme, with comic intentions, more than as an expression of the aforementioned duality. I start discussing the relationship between the feline, the woman and the domestic space in early modern times. Then, I analyze the context of the scene, its comical function, and its repercussions in the psychological development of Finea's character. Finally, I comment the presence of the «cat's delivery» theme in Lope's late work La Dorotea and its persistence in modern Spanish literature =538 \\$aapplication/pdf =540 \\$aLICENCIA DE USO: Los documentos a texto completo incluidos en Dialnet son de acceso libre y propiedad de sus autores y/o editores. Por tanto, cualquier acto de reproducción, distribución, comunicación pública y/o transformación total o parcial requiere el consentimiento expreso y escrito de aquéllos. Cualquier enlace al texto completo de estos documentos deberá hacerse a través de la URL oficial de éstos en Dialnet. Más información: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS STATEMENT: Full text documents hosted by Dialnet are protected by copyright and/or related rights. This digital object is accessible without charge, but its use is subject to the licensing conditions set by its authors or editors. Unless expressly stated otherwise in the licensing conditions, you are free to linking, browsing, printing and making a copy for your own personal purposes. All other acts of reproduction and communication to the public are subject to the licensing conditions expressed by editors and authors and require consent from them. Any link to this document should be made using its official URL in Dialnet. More info: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/info/derechosOAI =650 04$aLa dama boba =650 04$aparto =650 04$agata =650 04$acomedia =650 04$aLa Dorotea =650 04$aLa dama boba =650 04$adelivery =650 04$acat =650 04$acomedy =650 04$aLa Dorotea =655 \4$atext (article) =773 0\$tHipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro$x2328-1308$gVol. 8, Nº. 1, 2020, pags. 161-173 =856 40$uhttps://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7493323 =995 \\$aBiblioteca Nacional de España