El poder de la palabra, el silencio y la invisibilidad en las muestras de autoridad del teatro prebarrocoel "Códice de Autos Viejos"

  1. Delia Gavela García 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Journal:
Bulletin hispanique

ISSN: 0007-4640

Year of publication: 2017

Issue Title: Autorité et pouvoir dans le théâtre du Siècle d'Or

Volume: 119

Issue: 1

Pages: 173-186

Type: Article

DOI: 10.4000/BULLETINHISPANIQUE.4840 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

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Abstract

Critics have sometimes highlighted the somewhat narrative characteristics of the plays compiled in the “Códice de Autos Viejos”, characteristics that are altogether in keeping with a type of theatre that has not reached full maturity. This article analyses the function of the spoken word that manages to give a certain presence to characters who do not actually step onto the stage, but are nevertheless able to exert their authority. The power of the visual elements of the word are also examined through silent characters, used in order to construct a scenic movement starker and more symbolic than one might have thought initially.