Cómo hacer cosas con... the classics

A conversation with Ignacio García and Carlos Mata

The idea of "classic" refers to the canon of masterpieces formed in a tradition. For those who are part of it, the classics are bearers of their historical memory and have the ability to illuminate today from yesterday.

But what is their value when they change context, can they be defended on the grounds of their universality, do they lose their relevance in our changed world, coming from a past so remote that it is alien to us?

The program Classics at the MUN Museum, in its seventh edition, is the occasion to address the ways and criteria for updating the classics in conversation with Ignacio García and Carlos Mata.

IGNACIO GARCIA

At the helm of the Almagro International Classical Theater Festival Foundation since January 1, 2018, Ignacio García (Madrid, 1977) stands out for his broad projection as a director and stage manager and has extensive experience in the dissemination of the Spanish Golden Age repertoire.

CARLOS MATA

Carlos Mata Induráin, Professor of Spanish Literature, is a researcher and Secretary of the Research Group Siglo de Oro (GRISO) at the University of Navarra, and Secretary of the Institute of Aurisecular Studies (IDEA, Madrid/New York). His lines of research focus on Spanish literature of the Golden Age: burlesque comedy, Calderón's autos sacramentales, Cervantes and the quixotic and Cervantes' recreations, plays about the Arauco war... 

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