LOPE DE VEGA

Félix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was borned 25 November 1562 and he died 27 August 1635. He was a Spanish playwright and poet. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature is second only to that of Cervantes, while the sheer volume of his literary output is unequalled, making him one of the most prolific authors in the history of literature.

His Nicknames were "The Phoenix of Wits" and "Monster of Nature" by Miguel de Cervantes, Lope de Vega renewed the Spanish theatre at a time when it was starting to become a mass cultural phenomenon. He defined the key characteristics of it, and along with Calderón de la Barca and Tirso de Molina, he took Spanish baroque theatre to its greater limits. Because of the insight, depth and ease of his plays, he is regarded among the best dramatists of Western literature.

Some of his best plays are:

• “Fuente ovejuna.”
• “El amor enamorado”
• “La dama boba”
  
  
  
  
  
  

Questions:

1. When did Lope de Vega born?

a) In 1562.

b) In 1570.

c) In 1610.

d) In 1650.

2. What was Vega´s nickname?

a) “The best novelist of 60´s”.

b) "The Phoenix of Wits”.

c) “The keen”.

d) “The wise”.

3. Which of the following plays, were writted by Lope de Vega?

a) “The light”.

b) “Don Quijote”.

c) “The Shadow of the wind”

d) “Fuenteovejuna”