Twenty-First Century Approaches to Hispanic Golden Age Drama

Abstract

Diversity and inclusivity have guided many scholars of Hispanic Golden Age drama in their attempts to cover new ground and incorporate fresh insights in the first quarter of the twenty-first century on early modern theater written in Spanish. The six essays in this special issue provide a sampling of that spirit, exploring themes such as physical, ethnic, and political otherness, the dynamics of gender and caste in professional theater, and the ability of music to communicate transcendence and reconcile sacred and secular. Authors included are Glenda Nieto-Cuebas, Pablo García Piñar, Erin Cowling, Sharon Voros, Susan Paun de García, and J. Yuri Porras. They discuss the theatrical work of Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, Diego Sánchez de Badajoz, Ignacio Amestoy, Ainhoa Amestoy, Bernarda Ramírez, and Petronila Jibaja.

Keywords:

• Hispanic Golden Age drama in the 21st century
• early modern Spanish theater
• diversity
• inclusivity
• gender studies
• otherness

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Christopher D. Gascón

Christopher D. Gascón is professor of Spanish at the State University of New York Cortland. He specializes in performance analysis of innovative contemporary productions of Hispanic Golden Age plays. He is the author of The Woman Saint in Spanish Golden Age Drama (Bucknell, 2006), and his articles, play reviews, and book reviews have appeared in Anuario Lope de Vega, Bulletin of the Comediantes, Calíope, Comedia Performance, Drama Criticism, Hispanófila, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Renaissance Quarterly, Symposium, and various edited volumes. He served as an Executive Officer of the Association for Hispanic Classical Theater from 2011 to 2020, and as a member of the Board of Directors of the organization from 2005 to 2020.