The Interlude of the Black Woman in the «Coloquio de Gila» by Lope de Rueda, and Other Black Women in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Theater

The Interlude of the Black Woman in the «Coloquio de Gila» by Lope de Rueda, and Other Black Women in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Theater

The Coloquio de Gila by Lope de Rueda, which came to light less than a decade ago, presents the figure of the black woman Sofía with a number of identifying characteristics. Some of these characteristics are already found in poetic texts that contain a noticeable element of dramatisation and were wr...

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Main Author: María Luisa Lobato
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA) 2017-05-01
Series:Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
Online Access:http://revistahipogrifo.com/index.php/hipogrifo/article/view/191
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spelling doaj-eaf5741cf843440c82a6350c89b8d0602020-11-24T21:20:18ZengInstituto de Estudios Auriseculares (IDEA)Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro2328-13082017-05-015130532510.13035/H.2017.05.01.20186The Interlude of the Black Woman in the «Coloquio de Gila» by Lope de Rueda, and Other Black Women in Sixteenth-Century Spanish TheaterMaría Luisa Lobato0Grupo PROTEO-Universidad de BurgosThe Coloquio de Gila by Lope de Rueda, which came to light less than a decade ago, presents the figure of the black woman Sofía with a number of identifying characteristics. Some of these characteristics are already found in poetic texts that contain a noticeable element of dramatisation and were written towards the end of the fifteenth century, such as those by Anrique de Mota and Rodrigo de Reinosa. But it is in the sixteenth century that the ‘black woman’ character type appears in literary works by Jaime de Huete, Feliciano de Silva, Gaspar Gómez de Toledo, Gil Vicente and Diego Sánchez de Badajoz. These works constitute a sufficiently wide repertoire to examine the black woman character type and to establish the characteristics of this type on the basis of the literary texts in which she appears.http://revistahipogrifo.com/index.php/hipogrifo/article/view/191
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Hipogrifo: Revista de Literatura y Cultura del Siglo de Oro
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title The Interlude of the Black Woman in the «Coloquio de Gila» by Lope de Rueda, and Other Black Women in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Theater
title_short The Interlude of the Black Woman in the «Coloquio de Gila» by Lope de Rueda, and Other Black Women in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Theater
title_full The Interlude of the Black Woman in the «Coloquio de Gila» by Lope de Rueda, and Other Black Women in Sixteenth-Century Spanish Theater
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description The Coloquio de Gila by Lope de Rueda, which came to light less than a decade ago, presents the figure of the black woman Sofía with a number of identifying characteristics. Some of these characteristics are already found in poetic texts that contain a noticeable element of dramatisation and were written towards the end of the fifteenth century, such as those by Anrique de Mota and Rodrigo de Reinosa. But it is in the sixteenth century that the ‘black woman’ character type appears in literary works by Jaime de Huete, Feliciano de Silva, Gaspar Gómez de Toledo, Gil Vicente and Diego Sánchez de Badajoz. These works constitute a sufficiently wide repertoire to examine the black woman character type and to establish the characteristics of this type on the basis of the literary texts in which she appears.
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