<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">The aim of this paper is to investigate the philosophical connotations of the trope of the dream in William Shakespeare’s <underline>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</underline> and in Calderón de la Barca’s <underline>La vida es sueño</underline>. What are the authors’ auctorial catalysts in connecting this trope to their key characters? How do these auctorial devices connect the plays to the needs of the contemporary reader, searching for solutions to the challenges of the 21st century modus vivendi?</abstract>

The aim of this paper is to investigate the philosophical connotations of the trope of the dream in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and in Calderón de la Barca’s La vida es sueño. What are the authors’ auctorial catalysts in connecting this trope to their key characters? How do these auctorial devices connect the plays to the needs of the contemporary reader, searching for solutions to the challenges of the 21st century modus vivendi?

Metaphysical Connotations of the Dream as a Liquifying Trope in 16th – 17th Century Comedies and their Contemporary Applicability for the 21st Century Human: <italic>A Midsummer Night’s Dream</italic> and <italic>La Vida Es Sueño</italic>

Gender Studies

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Metaphysical Connotations of the Dream as a Liquifying Trope in 16 – 17 Century Comedies and their Contemporary Applicability for the 21 Century Human:  and 

The aim of this paper is to investigate the philosophical connotations of the trope of the dream in William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream and in...

Metaphysical Connotations of the Dream as a Liquifying Trope in 16^th – 17^th Century Comedies and their Contemporary Applicability for the 21^st Century Human: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and La Vida Es Sueño

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 84 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0007

Keywords
counter-patriarchal, dream, feminine, feminine literary criticism, quid-pro-quo

© 2019 Elisabeta Zelinka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Metaphysical Connotations of the Dream as a Liquifying Trope in 16th – 17th Century Comedies and their Contemporary Applicability for the 21st Century Human: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and La Vida Es Sueño

Published Online: Mar 12, 2019

Page range: 84 - 93

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/genst-2019-0007

Keywordscounter-patriarchal, dream, feminine, feminine literary criticism, quid-pro-quo

© 2019 Elisabeta Zelinka, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Metaphysical Connotations of the Dream as a Liquifying Trope in 16^th – 17^th Century Comedies and their Contemporary Applicability for the 21^st Century Human: A Midsummer Night’s Dream and La Vida Es Sueño

Keywords
counter-patriarchal, dream, feminine, feminine literary criticism, quid-pro-quo