Yerma

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Yerma is a tragic play by Spanish dramatist Federico García Lorca that explores themes of infertility, honor, and societal pressure in rural Spain.

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Yerma canonical 6

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instanceOf play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
author Federico García Lorca ⓘ
centralConflict desire for motherhood versus social norms ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
dramaticForm poetic drama ⓘ
symbolist drama ⓘ
endingType tragic ending ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry Spain ⓘ
firstPerformanceDate 1934 ⓘ
firstPerformanceLocation Madrid ⓘ
firstPerformanceTheatre Teatro Español ⓘ
genre rural drama ⓘ
tragedy ⓘ
hasAdaptation film adaptations ⓘ
stage adaptations in multiple countries ⓘ
television adaptations ⓘ
literaryMovement Generation of '27 ⓘ
mainCharacter Juan ⓘ
Old Woman ⓘ
Víctor ⓘ
Yerma ⓘ
narrativeFocus a woman unable to conceive ⓘ
notableFor critique of traditional honor codes ⓘ
exploration of female sexuality within conservative society ⓘ
lyrical language ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOfTrilogy Lorca's rural trilogy ⓘ
settingLocation rural Spain ⓘ
settingPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
structure three acts ⓘ
studiedIn Hispanic literature courses ⓘ
theatre studies courses ⓘ
theme fatalism ⓘ
female desire ⓘ
honor ⓘ
infertility ⓘ
marital conflict ⓘ
oppression of women ⓘ
religion and superstition ⓘ
societal pressure ⓘ
trilogyIncludes Bodas de sangre ⓘ
La casa de Bernarda Alba ⓘ
uses Andalusian folk elements ⓘ
choral scenes ⓘ
songs ⓘ

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