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La sabiduría de la raposa y su actitud frente a los poderosos: la fábula del 'León y la leona' en varias obras teatrales del Siglo de Oro

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    Arciello, Daniele
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    Arciello, Daniele

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    Journal article
    Language:
    Spanish; Castilian
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    text (article)
    Published:
    2015
    In:
    Lectura y signo: revista de literatura ISSN 1885-8597 Nº. 10, 1, 2015, pags. 185-195
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    This essay is focused on how a well-known XVII century fable has been artfully re-elaborated in various Spanish comedies performed in that period. I am referring to «El león y la leona», also known as «El zorro rechaza hacer de árbitro» according to a compilation established by Maxime Chevalier. It is commonly known that drama genre is characterised by its complexity, so it could result difficult to locate the elements related to the fable in those dramatic compositions. Nevertheless, through an exhaustive analysis of what the authors achieved when shaping the content of this animal tale by their ingenious minds, it is easy to consider how craftily the fable has been inserted in their works. Undoubtedly quite ignored names such as Cubillo de Aragón or don Jacinto de Herrera really deserve more fame then they currently have.    


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