"Maese Pedro" y Sei Personaggi in Cerca d'Autore: procedimientos teatrales de la narrativa cervantina en la obra de Luigi Pirandello
Abstract
Description
The present thesis carries out a comparative analysis of the episode maese Pedro,
included in the second part of Miguel de Cervantes’s Don Quixote (1615), and Luigi Pirandello’s
Six Characters in Search of an Author (1921) in order to explore the resonance of Cervantes in
Pirandello’s play. Particular attention is paid to the dramatic techniques developed by Cervantes
in his narrative and their reflection in the work of the Italian playwright and Nobel laureate.
Drawing on previous studies that have addressed the influence of Cervantes on Pirandello
and emphasizing the two-way influence between the Spanish and the Italian literary traditions
illustrated in the work of these two authors, an analysis and comparison of the following
dramatic techniques is carried out: πρόσωπα και προσωπεία (characters and masks), narrative
voice, space and its specification, improvisation and epiphany of the characters, scenography,
development of the action (Aristotle’s theory), and dialogue.
This thesis seeks to further knowledge regarding the intersections between Cervantes and
Pirandello by illustrating the transgression of two different genres, the novel and drama that the
two authors achieved beyond their own epochs. In addition to explaining the reason why and
how such a transgression was possible, this study also offers a framework and conceptual tools
for a different approach to literature: first, as a unit, and then as an amalgam of different genres.
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Keywords
Maese Pedro, Don Quixote, Six Characters in Search of an Author, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Retablo de maese Pedro--Influence, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote--Influence, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616--Criticism and interpretation, Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936. Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore, Pirandello, Luigi, 1867-1936--Criticism and interpretation