EAN: 9783039110988

THE AMBIVALENCE OF IMPERIAL DISCOURSE - AARON K...

This book offers a new reading of Miguel de Cervantes's play La destrucción de Numancia
(c.1583)  analysing the work in relation to theories of empire in sixteenth-century Spain  in
the context of plays written immediately before the rise in popularity of Lope de Vega and the
comedia nueva  and the playwright's innovative use of dramatic techniques in this transitional
period of Spanish drama. Dramatic writers have always used the stage as a medium through which
they could comment on current events involving politics  religion  philosophy  and society 
Cervantes was no exception. His discourse concerning imperial expansion in La Numancia has
resulted in many conflicting interpretations of the play's meaning. This book explores the
drama's thematic and generic ambiguities  as well as Cervantes's representation and
interpretation of the historical record in the creation of his characters and his portrayal of
the fall of Numancia in 133 BC to the Roman army of Scipio Aemilianus. Finally  this study
addresses the significance of seemingly intentionally unclear discourse in reference to La
Numancia and the turbulent political and religious environment of late sixteenth-century Spain.

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