The ingenious simpleton : upending imposed ideologies through brief comic theatre / Delia Méndez Montesinos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Méndez-Montesinos, Delia, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fools and jesters in literature.

Spanish drama--Classical period, 1500-1700--Themes, motives.

Spanish drama.

Mexican drama--20th century--Themes, motives.

Mexican drama.

American drama--20th century--Themes, motives.

American drama.

Themes, motives.

Spanish drama--Classical period--Themes, motives.

Spanish drama--Classical period.

Physical Description:

xvi, 146 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : University Press of America [2014]

Summary:

This book, analyzes the role of the theatrical simpleton in the pasos of the sixteenth-century playwright Lupe de Rueda, in Mario Moreno's character "Cantinflas," and in the esquirol of the 1960s Actos of the Teatro Campesino. Spanning multiple regions and time periods, this book fills an important void in Spanish and theatrical studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 On Laughter, Fools, and Comedy 1

2 Simple, Peladito, and Rasquachi: Topsy-Turvying Identities 17

3 The Verbal and Kinesthetic Language of the Simpleton 71

4 Costumes and Other External Signs 121.

ISBN:

9780761862789

0761862781

OCLC:

875703428