Date of Award

5-1932

Degree Type

Bachelors Essay

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science (BS)

Department

Literatures, Languages, and Cultures

First Advisor

Charles L. Scanlon

Second Advisor

William J. Grace

Abstract

Dramatic poetry began but late in Spain, though it was to flower there so brilliantly. In Spain, as in France, England, and in fact in practically all other countries, the drama grew out of the liturgical cere¬ monies of the Church. Some of them, in particular the Passion and Nativity adapted themselves readily to stage presentations. These elements developed when French Monks introduced, together with other customs of their native Churches, this type of literature which was already flourishing in France. The legal texts of the Middle Ages, the "Puerto Juzgo" and later the "Siete Partidas", shed some light upon stage performances, often accompanied by mimetic dances, and likewise on the professional performers. It is very probable that the theatrical traditions of ancient times never completely disappeared from the Peninsula.

Comments

A Thesis submitted to the Faculty of the College of' Liberal Arts, Marquette University, in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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