Antonio Buero Vallejo(1916-2000)was an outstanding Spanish playwright.He reflects on the society,their fears,problems and post war crisis.He well deserves the appellative he was given“the consciousness of Spain”.In ...Antonio Buero Vallejo(1916-2000)was an outstanding Spanish playwright.He reflects on the society,their fears,problems and post war crisis.He well deserves the appellative he was given“the consciousness of Spain”.In this article I analyze the symbols and opposites in three of his plays,two of them of social realism:Stories of a Stair,and The Skylight,and a historical one:The Little Girls(Las Meninas).He creates dramas but always with some touches of good humor.Reading Buero Vallejo is understanding the idiosyncrasy of Spain and its people.展开更多
文摘Antonio Buero Vallejo(1916-2000)was an outstanding Spanish playwright.He reflects on the society,their fears,problems and post war crisis.He well deserves the appellative he was given“the consciousness of Spain”.In this article I analyze the symbols and opposites in three of his plays,two of them of social realism:Stories of a Stair,and The Skylight,and a historical one:The Little Girls(Las Meninas).He creates dramas but always with some touches of good humor.Reading Buero Vallejo is understanding the idiosyncrasy of Spain and its people.