Los Comendadores de Córdoba, by Lope, from Agnition and Symbolism

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the treatment of agnition and symbolism in one of the most important plays written by Lope de Vega in the late 16th century: Los comendadores de Córdoba. With their sole presence they allow the action to experiment important changes, either by sinking in the climatic incidents of the play or by facilitating a better knowledge of the motivations that the characters have in the performance of their function and in the development of the two major thematic axes that frame the work: love in its various achievements and honor. The intermittent succession of these mechanisms in different moments of the play makes the reader and the audience be warned about the relevance of the element for the development of the action in the comedy and for the resolution of the conflicts.

https://doi.org/10.17398/2660-7301.40.81