Fuente Ovejuna (Drama Classics) by
Lope de Vega
Fuente Ovejuna
In this Spanish Golden Age drama, often seen as the first revolutionary
play, the villagers of Fuente Ovejuna in rural Spain rise up against their
cruel and sexually predatory Commander, eventually killing him. When
agents sent by the King and Queen set about torturing the villagers to find
out who did the murder, each one gives the answer: Fuente Ovejuna did it.
In the face of this claim to collective responsibility, the village is pardoned
and placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Crown. An early example of
people power...
Personal Review: Fuente Ovejuna (Drama Classics) by Lope de
Vega
Lope de Vega trazo en Fuente Ovejuna, con magnifica intuicion y voluntad
artistica, una de sus comedias mas complejas. La colectividad, depositaria
del derecho de resistencia si la jerarquia pierde su legitimidad, hace uso

de aquel y restablece el orden. En una primera accion intrahistorica el
Comendador es tirano y lascivo con sus vasallos; en la segunda accion,
historica, quebranta el orden politico inspirando la toma de Ciudad Real en
contra del Rey. Es un elemento desestabilazador que debrea ser
eliminando para restableer la armonia. Uniendo estos elementos
argumentales, un conflicto amoroso, en la tradicion del ideal platonico. El
author plantea el tema segun las categorias mentales de la epocha, en
que lo socipolitico esta imbricado en lo metafisico.
--- from book's back cover
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