Yerma - Yerma

…After the Second Republic was established in 1931, he organized the student theater company Barraka and toured the countryside, promoting classical drama. From this time on, he also devoted himself to playwriting, releasing a succession of masterpieces that will remain in the history of 20th-century theater. Of particular note are three great tragedies set in the countryside that deal with the conflict of human instincts: Blood Wedding (1933), which depicts an unhappy love; Yerma (1934), which depicts the tragedy of a barren woman; and The House of Bernarda Alba (1936), which depicts women whose instincts are suppressed for the sake of appearances by their dictatorial mother. The distinctive features of his plays are their musicality and visual art elements, that is, their poetic character in a broad sense. Therefore, although they deal with themes that are strictly Spanish folk, they have acquired universality and have been recognized worldwide. …

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…1931年に第二共和政が成立すると，学生劇団〈バラーカ〉を組織して農村を巡演し，古典劇の普及につとめた。また，この頃から劇作に専念し，20世紀の演劇史に名をとどめる傑作を次々に発表したが，特筆すべきは農村を舞台に人間の本能の葛藤を扱った三大悲劇で，不幸な恋を描いた《血の婚礼》(1933)，石女（うまずめ）の悲劇をテーマとした《イェルマ》(1934)，そして独裁的な母親により，体面のために本能を抑圧された女たちを描いた《ベルナルダ･アルバの家》(1936)がそれである。彼の戯曲の特徴はその音楽性と造形美術的要素，つまり広い意味での詩的性格にあり，それゆえ，あくまでスペインの土俗的テーマを扱いながらもそれが普遍性を獲得し，世界的評価につながっていると考えられよう。…

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