Seducer’s dreams: don Juan looks himself at the mirror

  • Carlos Brito Díaz
Keywords: Don Juan, Seducer, Sense of theatre, Tradition, Hedonism, Heterodoxy, Defiance, Revenge, Damnation

Abstract

This article tries to confront some literary and cinematographic versions of the myth of don Juan departing from the original version, the play of Tirso de Molina El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra. The lifetime of the character stands in a renewed tradition that, sometimes, moves away from the stereotype to end in the humanization, in the counterfigure or in the caricature of the seducer. In all the languages (cinema, novel, opera, theatre, essay) don Juan supports his dramatic nobility and his rebellious independence.

Published
2006-07-15
How to Cite
Brito Díaz, Carlos. 2006. “Seducer’s Dreams: Don Juan Looks Himself at the Mirror”. Latente - Revista De Historia Y Estética Del Cine, Fotografía Y Cultura Visual, no. 4 (July), 73-87. https://www.ull.es/revistas/index.php/latente/article/view/5928.
Section
Miscellaneous