Los elementos reales y fantásticos en el teatro de Alejandro Casona (Un estudio analítico)

Abstract

The essential objective of this study presents a analyzes of the combination of reality and fantasy in three dramas of Spanish author Alejandro Casona. "Trees die standing" (premiered in Buenos Aires in 1949), “Prohibited suicide in spring” (premiered in Mexico in 1937) and "The boat without fisherman" (premiered in Buenos Aires in 1945).

  The first part is an introduction about the biography of Spanish author Alejandro Casona that will allow us to understand some peculiarities of his work in relation to the social historical context of his time.

 In the second part of this study we have analyzed elements of reality and fantasy in the three dramas that we mentioned.

Try to reach some conclusions about the following questions:  why this Spanish author resorts to fantastic resource? , Why blend in the real area?  and What purpose does this? .