Abstract

In this article, we analyze how Calderon transforms capes, swords and duels into a literary and poetic (rather than scenic) language; moreover, how he uses symbolic elements from the folkloric as well as erudite imagination that belong in the semantic field of capes and swords in order to create specific scenes and ambiences. Within this context, it will be shown that Calderon sublimates some of the genre’s topics and conventions by transforming them into words.