Lope De Rueda: Las aceitunas
Lope De Rueda: Las aceitunas

Summary/Abstract: The influence of Ancient culture is evident in various periods of Spanish literature. Interesting writings are primarily those ones, which are incompatible in a genre at the first sight. One of the examples is a piece of work of the Spanish dramatist Lope de Rueda Las Aceitunas, which is a one-act play with traces of humour and irony and in the same time they refer to a certain moral message. The artistic account of the author captivates the attention by the fact that it makes reference to a fable in a certain manner. A similar publication in its pure form may be found at Aesop. In a fable called The Athenian Debtor, he points out human vices in a typical way, as regards the author as well as the genre, however main protagonists are not animals as it has become a custom. This zoomorphic aspect is omitted, which is another apparent parallel of both writings. These examples might be foundat a linguistic, stylistic and expressional level.

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