Abstract:

Lope de Vega’s comedia La fuerza lastimosa met with great success in the seventeenth century, in Spain and in adaptations abroad. This article explores reasons for its popularity then and argues for renewed appreciation now. Fine lyrical passages, grim foreshadowing, and the masterful design of its first act, with an escalating crisis well into the second, establish a stunning tragic dilemma. Steeped in cultural tradition and referencing historical events, from the romancero to the Spanish Armada and Lope’s own biography, La fuerza then veers away from tragedy, with progressively more genial twists and turns. Among its fascinations are mothers and children, attempted wife-murder, cross-dressing in both directions, a perpetually baffled king, and more-than-usual abuse of the unity of time, all culminating in an exuberantly overstuffed and crowd-pleasing conclusion.

概括：

Lope de Vega 的喜剧La Fuerza Lastimosa在 17 世纪的西班牙和国外的改编中取得了巨大成功。本文探讨了它当时受欢迎的原因，并主张现在重新欣赏它。优美的抒情段落，严峻的伏笔，以及第一幕的巧妙设计，以及第二幕不断升级的危机，构成了一个惊人的悲剧困境。沉浸在文化传统和参考历史事件中，从罗曼史到西班牙无敌舰队，再到洛佩自己的传记La Fuerza然后转向远离悲剧，逐渐变得更加温和的曲折。它的魅力包括母亲和孩子、企图谋杀妻子、双向变装、永远困惑的国王，以及对时间统一性的超乎寻常的滥用，所有这些都最终导致了一个过度拥挤和令人愉悦的结局。