Classical Tragedy Elements in José Ricardo Morales’ Theater

Abstract

José Ricardo Morales is a writer who was exiled in Chile after the Spanish Civil War. His theatre is very original and has a deep reflexion about the contemporaneous man and world’s absurd. In this articule, we’re analizing the use, inside all his dramaturgy, of the characters, of a plot based on dialogue, and of the reaction that he’s seeking on the pubic. These three elements, with which Morales studied García Lorca’s tragedies, are used by the exiled author to cause a estrangement and a deep reflection inside the pubic or the readers. Distancing characters, a plot based on am ironic dialogue but that leads to a deep and distant reflection of what’s happening on the stand will make the audience think about this modern reality that our writer shows so accurately.