Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices

"La fuerza del natural", a play written sometime before 1655 by Agustín Moreto and Jerónimo de Cáncer, has been described by Ruth L. Kennedy as “one of the more attractive plays of Moreto.” In spite of the interest and quality of this text, it has received little critical attention until n...

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Autor: García-Reidy, Alejandro
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)
Repositorio:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca
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Palabra clave:Literatura de los Siglos de Oro
Teatro
Agustín Moreto
Jerónimo de Cáncer
Cultura cortesana
5506.13 Historia de la Literatura
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spelling Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly PracticesGarcía-Reidy, AlejandroLiteratura de los Siglos de OroTeatroAgustín MoretoJerónimo de CáncerCultura cortesana5506.13 Historia de la Literatura"La fuerza del natural", a play written sometime before 1655 by Agustín Moreto and Jerónimo de Cáncer, has been described by Ruth L. Kennedy as “one of the more attractive plays of Moreto.” In spite of the interest and quality of this text, it has received little critical attention until now. In the first part of this article, I examine how La fuerza del natural is related not only to Mira de Amescua’s "Examinarse de rey", which served as a direct source for Moreto and Cáncer, but also to other plays that develop the theatrical motif of the peasant who finds himself in court and has to navigate through it. In particular, I show how Moreto and Cáncer expand the comic possibilities of this motif by resorting to the model of the figurón. In the second part of the article, I focus my attention on how the main character of "La fuerza del natural" not only serves as a comic element that articulates the plot, but is also used to put into motion a parodic reversal of court rituals related to social behavior and amorous courtship by humorously pointing out their performative nature and by dismantling the theme of the education of princes.MINECO; National Endowment for the HumanitiesDepartment of Foreing Languages and Literatures Auburn University202420242014info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10366/157215reponame:GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamancainstname:Universidad de Salamanca (USAL)InglésCSD2009-00033FFI2011-23549Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:gredos.usal.es:10366/1572152026-06-07T06:28:51Z
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title Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices
spellingShingle Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices
García-Reidy, Alejandro
Literatura de los Siglos de Oro
Teatro
Agustín Moreto
Jerónimo de Cáncer
Cultura cortesana
5506.13 Historia de la Literatura
title_short Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices
title_full Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices
title_fullStr Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices
title_full_unstemmed Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices
title_sort Peasants in the Palace: Moreto and Cáncer’s La fuerza del natural and the Mockery of Courtly Practices
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Literatura de los Siglos de Oro
Teatro
Agustín Moreto
Jerónimo de Cáncer
Cultura cortesana
5506.13 Historia de la Literatura
topic Literatura de los Siglos de Oro
Teatro
Agustín Moreto
Jerónimo de Cáncer
Cultura cortesana
5506.13 Historia de la Literatura
description "La fuerza del natural", a play written sometime before 1655 by Agustín Moreto and Jerónimo de Cáncer, has been described by Ruth L. Kennedy as “one of the more attractive plays of Moreto.” In spite of the interest and quality of this text, it has received little critical attention until now. In the first part of this article, I examine how La fuerza del natural is related not only to Mira de Amescua’s "Examinarse de rey", which served as a direct source for Moreto and Cáncer, but also to other plays that develop the theatrical motif of the peasant who finds himself in court and has to navigate through it. In particular, I show how Moreto and Cáncer expand the comic possibilities of this motif by resorting to the model of the figurón. In the second part of the article, I focus my attention on how the main character of "La fuerza del natural" not only serves as a comic element that articulates the plot, but is also used to put into motion a parodic reversal of court rituals related to social behavior and amorous courtship by humorously pointing out their performative nature and by dismantling the theme of the education of princes.
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