Abstract

A work should have a relation system between the different elements and parts of it in order for the literary text to have a theatrical functioning and that it can be performed on stage. After studying Calderón’s works, González states that the relations’ multiplicity present in this work allows for a complex intrigue, besides that in the capa y espada theme the «enredo», loved by the Siglo de Oro comedy public, can be easily and effectively used. The dramatic structuring of the literary text is essential for the spatial creation, as the theatrical piece is conceived as a text destined to a performance that responds to the scenic conventions of its time.

Abstract

This article studies the relation between the main and the secondary plot in Calderón’s comedy Casa con dos puertas, mala es de guardar. The critic analyzes the connection between the main story line of Marcela and Lisardo and the second one, the one of Laura and Félix. González García concludes that the secondary plot shows a more complex structure than the main one: more dynamism and ambiguity in the characters’ behaviour and more complexity in the jealousy motif. The author relates this comedy, in which the secondary plot it is not something supplementary but an important part of the dramatic system, with the mannerist aesthetics.

Abstract

Clinical case reports constitute a genre specific of healthcare professionals, who write and publish them with educational and research purposes. Unlike other scientific texts, case reports are based on the clinical experience of one or a few patients. This is why they acquire a narrative character and a series of features that lead us to consider them as academic stories. In this article, we try to find out if this consideration is accurate. We review the narrative theory to identify the key element that defines stories with regard to other narrative texts: the plot or intrigue. We confirm the presence of this element in a corpus of written clinical case reports in Catalan, English and Spanish published in magazines from the mental health field.