Etiqueta: Real facts
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The knight of the golden spurs (El caballero de las espuelas de oro)
It consists in the life of the Spanish Golden Age writer Francisco de Quevedo, character of great historic significance; someone ambitious who starred in several political intrigues, was in prison and had a staunch enemy, Luis de Góngora. In the midst of so much unrest, he was above all a great writer. THEMES: 17th Century,…
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The weaker sex has gone to the gym (El sexo débil ha hecho gimnasia)
This story, with sense of humor, recounts the integration of women into civil society, first, in the first half of the 19th century, then, in the second half of the 20th century. The love affairs and problems of an aunt and her nieces, belonging to the middle-class in 1846, happen again a hundred years later…
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Occidental Vestal (La vestal de occidente)
This story is about Queen Elizabeth I of England and her complicated and tempestuous relations with Robert Devereux, II Earl of Essex. THEMES: Love, Treason, Jealousy, Monarchy, Social Relations, Society GENRE: Drama, Melodrama, Historical RELEVANT FACTS: Benavente won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1922. He treated all the theatrical genres and developed a broad…
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The governor (La gobernadora)
It depicts the life in the Spanish villages during the Restoration (1900). The domination exerted by the few, the dignitaries, contrasts with the people’s knowhow, who see, powerless, the control these men have over the political and public life of the commune. THEMES: Politics, Province Life, Power Struggle, Fighting the System, Frustration, Corruption, Deceit,…
