El juez de los divorcios

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El juez de los divorcios is a short comic interlude (entremés) by Miguel de Cervantes that humorously portrays marital conflicts and the absurdities of divorce proceedings in early modern Spain.

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El juez de los divorcios canonical 1
The Judge of the Divorces 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf entremés ⓘ
short comic interlude ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
approximateDate early 17th century ⓘ
author Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
criticizes bureaucratic formalism ⓘ
rigidity of marriage laws ⓘ
dramaticFunction interlude between acts of a longer play ⓘ
dramaticMode dialogue-driven ⓘ
dramaticStructure one-act play ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
hasCharacter escribano (court clerk) ⓘ
juez (judge) ⓘ
various married couples ⓘ
hasForm prose dialogue ⓘ
hasTitleInEnglish The Judge of the Divorces ⓘ
influencedBy Spanish legal culture of the Golden Age ⓘ
intendedEffect entertainment ⓘ
social critique ⓘ
intendedPerformanceContext public theatre in Spain ⓘ
language Early Modern Spanish ⓘ
literaryForm entremés ⓘ
literaryMovement Spanish Golden Age ⓘ
medium stage play ⓘ
narrativeFocus divorce proceedings ⓘ
marital conflicts ⓘ
originalLanguage Spanish ⓘ
partOf Cervantes’ entremeses ⓘ
portrays domestic disputes ⓘ
judicial procedures ⓘ
settingPeriod early modern Spain ⓘ
theme divorce ⓘ
gender relations ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
legal absurdity ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
tone humorous ⓘ
usesDevice exaggeration ⓘ
farce ⓘ
irony ⓘ
workOf Miguel de Cervantes ⓘ
workType short play ⓘ

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El juez de los divorcios → hasTitleInEnglish → The Judge of the Divorces ⓘ
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