Los escenarios pedagógicos de la dramaturgia de Deyanira Urzúa de Calvo

Abstract

This article revises the drama production of Deyanira Urzúa de Calvo, a Chilean writer from the early twentieth century. Her avoided figure is fundamental to comprehend the development of the dramatist profession, as well as the thematic and formal lines that characterized the years when Chilean drama was founded, and that continued to be followed beyond the creation of university drama. Part of her large work in historical drama, comedy and plays for children is analyzed. Her work helps to comprehend the development of Chilean drama written by women, and evinces transformation processes, more than Romantic rupture.