When Five Years Pass
by Federico García Lorca
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Destaca en esta obra la contemplacion erotico-filosofica del destino humano expresada en el eterno juego del tiempo, el amor y la muerte. En su peculiar calidad de poema dramatizado consigue la mas completa simbiosis de los conceptos de poesia y teatro.Tags
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This play always puzzles me, despite the regularity of its themes--love and death. Love and death are always present in Lorca's theater. But in this case love and death mix with time (and the timeless) in a way that is difficult to decipher. I find the shifts in perspective, the transition of what has been spoken from one character to another, disconcerting. It is not a work of art that one can read for "a good story", but rather, you have to let it wash over you, paying attention to all the imagery and "acotaciones". The "Letras hispanicas" edition is remarkably thorough in its footnotes regarding variations in the text which was never really finalized; however, the constant notation of every variable destabilizes the reading itself, show more not to mention the very enjoyment of the text. It's a shame that something so useful can also be so distracting.
In sum: not easy-reading Lorca, more for the Lorca connoisseur. show less
In sum: not easy-reading Lorca, more for the Lorca connoisseur. show less
This play always puzzles me, despite the regularity of its themes--love and death. Love and death are always present in Lorca's theater. But in this case love and death mix with time (and the timeless) in a way that is difficult to decipher. I find the shifts in perspective, the transition of what has been spoken from one character to another, disconcerting. It is not a work of art that one can read for "a good story", but rather, you have to let it wash over you, paying attention to all the imagery and "acotaciones". The "Letras hispanicas" edition is remarkably thorough in its footnotes regarding variations in the text which was never really finalized; however, the constant notation of every variable destabilizes the reading itself, show more not to mention the very enjoyment of the text. It's a shame that something so useful can also be so distracting.
In sum: not easy-reading Lorca, more for the Lorca connoisseur. show less
In sum: not easy-reading Lorca, more for the Lorca connoisseur. show less
Considerada uma das peças mais herméticas de García-Lorca, notada pelos toques surrealistas.
Lorca fez algumas alterações depois que considerou a peça irrepresentável, mas os ensaios foram interrompidos pela guerra. A peça só estreou 27 anos depois, em Paris, e mesmo então causou polêmica.
Pela leitura, é realmente difícil visualizar a peça, e eu tenho vontade de vê-la.
Lorca fez algumas alterações depois que considerou a peça irrepresentável, mas os ensaios foram interrompidos pela guerra. A peça só estreou 27 anos depois, em Paris, e mesmo então causou polêmica.
Pela leitura, é realmente difícil visualizar a peça, e eu tenho vontade de vê-la.
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Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was born in a small town west of Granada, Spain, on June 5, 1898. He was a poet and playwright. His collections of poetry included Gypsy Ballads and Poet in New York. His plays included The Butterfly's Evil Spell, The Shoemaker's Prodigious Wife, Don Perlimplin, Blood Wedding, Yerma, and The show more House of Bernarda Alba. In 1936, he was assassinated by an anti-communist death squad during the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. Franco's regime placed a ban on Lorca's work and this was not lifted until 1953. It was not until Franco died that Lorca's work could be openly discussed in Spain. (Bowker Author Biography) Federico Garcia Lorca, born in Granada in 1898, was murdered by Franco's soldiers in 1936. (Publisher Provided) show less
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- Canonical title
- When Five Years Pass
- Original title
- Asi que pasen cinco anos
- Alternate titles
- When Five Years Have Passed; If Five Years Pass; Thus Five Years Pass
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- Fiction and Literature, Poetry, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 862.62 — Literature & rhetoric Spanish Literature Spanish drama 20th Century 1900-1945
- LCC
- PQ6613 .A763 .A6 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Spanish literature Individual authors, 1868-1960
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