An Ordinary Hero:: Humanizing the Literary Icon in Andrucha Waddington’s Lope

• Autores: Christina Elizabeth Cole
• Localización: eHumanista: Journal of Iberian Studies, ISSN-e 1540-5877, Vol. 41, 2019, págs. 202-211
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Andrucha Waddington’s biographical film Lope (2010), dramatizes early modern Spanish playwright Lope de Vega’s entrance into Madrid’s theater life. This article examines how Waddington’s biopic utilizes narrative techniques such as the interplay of internal and external focalization to move beyond a mere presentation of literary genius to highlight aspects of the “common man” in its portrayal of Lope