BUENOS Y MALOS EN "AMAR DESPUÉS DE LA MUERTE" DE PEDRO CALDERÓN DE LA BARCA Un nuevo enfoque sobre el conflicto

The aim of this work is identifying new implications and prerogatives in the characters and scenes of Amar después de la muerte in order to question the widely accepted pro-Moor attitude of Pedro Calderón de la Barca. A comparative approach with another comedia by the same author has been adopted. La niña de Gómez Arias is located in the same geographic area, the Alpujarras, in a historical period characterized by conflicts between Christians and Muslims as well. First, the specific historical context of the action of the two works is introduced; secondly, the analysis of the Arabic elements and the Christian and morisco characters in Amar después de la muerte is carried out. Lately, a new hypothesis about the dramatist’s posture in relation the morisco’ cause is introduced. Extra-literary factors which may have affected the choice of the set and the themes of Amar después de la muerte have been investigated as well.