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| Author(s): |
Ricardo Cardoso
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) |
| Defense date: | 2023-03-30 |
| Examining board members: |
Iris Kantor;
Régis Augustus Bars Closel;
Luís Filipe Silverio Lima;
Sérgio Ricardo de Carvalho Santos
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| Advisor: | Iris Kantor |
| Abstract | |
Using the repertoire of dramatic texts written for the King\' s Men company by William Shakespeare (1564-1616), John Fletcher (1579-1625) and other contemporary playwrights, this work intends to examine the depiction of diplomatic relations between England and Spain during the reign of James I (1603-1625). In the period ruled by Elizabeth I (1558-1603), the Anglo-Spanish War (1585-1604) and the attempted attack by the Spanish Armada (1588) generated a certain hispanophobia throughout the kingdom. The peace established in 1604 and the perennial pro-Habsburg diplomatic policy adopted by James I faced resistance from court factions and other segments of society, displaying their discomfort to this treatment of a former enemy. Different events involving both crowns deepened this tension, such as the Gunpowder Plot (1605), the Thirty Years\' War (1618-1648), and the negotiation for a dynastic union between the two royal families known as the Spanish Match. Through careful analysis of the plays of the King\'s Men--taking into account the authors\' rhetorical techniques and composition devices, the typology of Iberian characters they employed, and their appropriations of Spanish Golden Age literature--this thesis explores a profusion of political speech that is particular to the stage in order to highlight the company\'s careful political positioning as the stood in the crossfire between the King and his anti-Hispanic subjects. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 17/07455-4 - A Game at Chess: diplomatic relationship between England and Spain in the works of Shakespeare and his contemporaries during the Jacobean period (1603-1625). |
| Grantee: | Ricardo Cardoso |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |