The Devil: A Literary Character in the Spanish Exile Theatre of 1939

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María Teresa Santa María Fernández

In several plays of Spanish exile of 1939 the devil appears as one of the characters of the plot. In the seven plays studied, ranging from Angélica en el umbral de cielo by Eduardo Blanco Amor, from 1943, to Adán y Eva (Diálogos famosos) by Salvador de Madariaga, from 1970, exiled writers endow the character of the devil with stereotypical traits, inherited from a biblical and literary tradition. But, at the same time, they provide a novel dimension that starts from a vision of religion and human existence different from these literary models.

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stereotype, devil, biblical and literary myth, exile theatre

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Santa María Fernández, María Teresa. “The Devil: A Literary Character in the Spanish Exile Theatre of 1939”. 452ºF: revista de teoría de la literatura y literatura comparada, no. 26, pp. 80-93, https://raco.cat/index.php/452F/article/view/396514.