RT journal article
T1 Sueño y destino en El Desengaño en un sueño del Duque de Rivas
T2 Dream and destiny in the duke of Rivas’ El desengaño en un sueño
A1 Méndez, Sigmund
K1 Rivas
K1 El desengaño en un sueño
K1 sueño
K1 destino
K1 simbolismo
K1 pesimismo
K1 drama fantástico
K1 dream
K1 destiny
K1 symbolism
K1 pessimism
K1 fantastic drama
AB In this article, two main issues of the Duke of Rivas’s El desengaño en un sueñoare studied. Firstly, it presents the thematic of dream in a panoramic revision includingits ancient values as prognosis and its topic disposition in the probable sources usedby Rivas. The proposed reading displays the significant and metatheatrical dimensionof dream emphasizing its relevance to Romantic literature and exposing some specificsymbols employed by the poet. Secondly, intermixed with the dream, the polemicalmatter of «fatalism» is analyzed under the light of ancient theories on the predeterminedindividual character and it is contextualized within the «Romantic pessimism», developedin philosophy by Schopenhauer. In this way, the critical approach attempts to comprehendthis Rivas’s «favorite» work relating it to the aesthetic and historic streams to which itbelongs, ascetic-pessimistic idealism and transcendental Romantic oneirism, stressingits importance for the Spanish theatre as a fantastic drama.
PB Universidad de Cádiz, Servicio de Publicaciones y Grupo de Estudios del Siglo XVIII
SN 2173-0687
YR 2013
FD 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15807
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/15807
LA spa
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 11-nov-2026