Women in the Theater of Juan Ruiz de Alarcon
Thesis or Dissertation open access
Until the time of Lope de Vega and the Golden Age of Spanish literature, women had always had secondary roles in the Spanish drama. There were two reasons for this: 1) Women were not fully appreciated in the society of the times. 2) Women were prohibited from appearing on the stage for many years, and boys usually took their parts. With the advent of Lope de Vega and his arte nuevo de hacer comedies, the situation was changed. The great genius, Lope de Vega, set the pattern for the drama of the Golden Age.
The Treatment of Avarice, Religious Intolerance, and Pseudomysticism in the Novelas Contemporaneas of Benito Perez Galdos
Thesis or Dissertation open access
This thesis is a study of the treatment of avarice, religious intolerance, and pseudomysticism in the Novelas Contemporaneas of Benito Perez Galdos.