MLA Progam: Spanish 3

McKendrick's analysis is balanced and perceptive, particularly when she relates some of the females in traditionally masculine roles to the topos of the "world upsidedown." Once again, however , I must sound the warning: the desire to perform in roles traditionally reserved for men by social biases is not equivalent to behaving in a masculine manner. The former is a desire for equality; the latter, a mode of thinking or behaving with virility. Both are subjects for drama, as the McKendrick book details, but the distinction is not made clear. With the one important reservation that runs throughout my evaluation , then, namely that too many trees are examined and their relationship is either blurred or missed, thus causing the forest to elude us, Dr. McKendrick's book is an important survey of one of the dramatic types of the Comedia. I hope we can look forward to a second edition which takes into account some of the older trees in the Valencian forest and which distinguishes feminist egalitarianism on the part of women who nonetheless wish to retain their femininity from those who truly behavein a virile manner and display varonilidad. Finally , I would hope that such a revision included as well some recent studies which bear directly on the theme Dr. McKendrick has selected. I refer, for instance, to Helen Adolf's contribution, "The Amazon Type in Literature," in the 1959 Proceedings of the 2nd Congress of the International Comparative Literature Assoc, and the unpublished dissertation (1969) of Marguerite Lundelius , "The Mujer Varonil in the Theatre of the Siglo de Oro." In sum: a fine effort but hardly the last word on the subject. University of Vermont John G. Weiger MLA PROGAM: SPANISH 3 Chairman, CHARLOTTE STERN, Randolph-Macon Woman's Coll.; Secretary , A. JULIAN VALBUENA BRIONES , Univ. of Delaware. I.Business. II.Papers and Discussion. 1."Poetry and Power: The Will to Autonomy in the Theatre of Juan del Enzina and Lope de Vega," Robert ter Horst, Univ. of Arizona. (15 min.) 2."Rey de Artieda's Los amantes and Tirso de Molina's (?) Los amantes de Teruel: A Study on the Evolution to the Baroque Style," John G. Morton, Indiana Univ. ( 15 min. ) 3."El proceso de individuación en Las paces de los reyes y judia de Toledo de Lope de Vega: el amor y el papel de la mujer," Lilia Dapaz Strout, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez. (15 min.) 4. "Toward Unity of Action: Theory and Practice of the Episode in Late Sixteenth-Century Spanish Drama," Edward H. Friedman, Kalamazoo Coll. ( 15 min. ) Executive Committee·. Ch., Charlotte Stern, Randolph-Macon Woman's Coll. (1974-75); A. Julián Valbuena Briones (1971-76); Edward Nagy (1973-78); William M. Whitby (1974-79). Bibliography and Research Committee : Ch., Vern G. Williamsen, Univ. of Missouri; James A. Castañeda; Virginia R. Craig; David H. Darst; Ed Hopper; Harold G. Jones; John G. Morton; Walter Poesse; Shirley B. Whitaker; Henryk Ziomek. 1976 Discussion Group Officers: Chairman, A. Julian Valbuena Briones, Univ. of Delaware; Secretary, Edward 146 Nagy, Rutgers Univ. (Nominations to be voted on.) Representatives to the Executive Committee of the new division for Spanish Literature of the 16th and 17th Centuries: A. Julián Valbuena Briones and Edward Nagy. ^Wi «7^V EL MENTIDERO DE COMEDIANTES The 1975 Comediantes' luncheon is scheduled for 12 noon, December 28th, at the Magic Pan Restaurant, 341 Sutter Street, one-half block from the Hyatt. If you wish to attend and have not yet made a reservation, please contact Professor A. Julián Valbuena by December 15. The following articles are scheduled for the spring 1976 number: "Gutierre's Personality in El médico de su honra" by Everett W. Hesse; "The Sacred and Profane in Tirso's La vida y muerte de Hemdes" by A. K. Stell; "Tirso de MoUna , the Arias Dávila Family, and Other Curiosities" by Henry W. Sullivan; "Autobiographical Elements in Lope de Vega's La niñez del Padre Roxas" by D. L. Bastianutti; "Verbal Subtlety in Castro's El amor constante" by Georgia Pappanastos; "Calderón, Nietzsche, and the Dionysian Concept" by Judith Irene Knorst; and "Principal and Secondary Plots in El esclavo del demonio...