El caballero de Agustín Moreto, ¿una comedia pundonorosa?
ISSN: 1540-5877
Argitalpen urtea: 2023
Alea: 54
Orrialdeak: 289-308
Mota: Artikulua
Beste argitalpen batzuk: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies
Laburpena
Pedraza and Rodríguez have defined the theatrical subtype of comedia pundonorosa — opposed to comedia cínica— as a series of pieces in which the protagonists seem to be uner an exaggerated aristocratic idea of honor. Ladies and gentlemen get stuck in syllogisms, remain immobilized in impossible dilemmas or limit themselves because of ridiculuous scruples. Agustín Moreto's El caballero, with its hyper-gentleman Don Félix, its sophisticated dialogues, its irreproachable point of honor and its constant duels, appears to belong to that type of comedy, in itself a variant of comedy of intrigue.