Delia Méndez Montesinos

The Ingenious Simpleton (eBook, ePUB)

Upending Imposed Ideologies through Brief Comic Theatre

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780761862796
• Artikelnr.: 40171193

Autorenporträt

Delia Méndez Montesinos is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Texas in Austin where she teaches both advanced language and literature courses and was the General Language Program Coordinator.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter One: On Laughter, Fools, and Comedy
Chapter Two: Simple, Peladito, and Rasquachi: Topsy-Turvying Identities
Chapter Three: The Verbal and Kinesthetic Language of the Simpleton
Chapter Four: Costumes and Other External Signs
Conclusion
Bibliography