Performing the Comedia: Text, Voice, Body

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The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries mark the Golden Age of Spanish theater, celebrated for its wealth of plays or comedias, the social prominence of the stage at the time, and the lasting relevance of its themes in present day. This course examines Spanish Golden Age theatre through performance, exploring how comedias were staged historically and how they can be revived today through acting, editing, and translation. Performance, understood as embodied practice and restored experience, offers insight into how comedias shaped identities, mediated interactions, and reflected realities. Students will develop their oral and written communication in Spanish while engaging critically with key sociopolitical issues. They will also increase their familiarity with dramatic text analysis, stage performance, literary translation, and bibliographical research.