Readers and Comedy in <i>Celestina</i>

Abstract

This article discusses the readers' role in the Comedia's continuation as Tragicomedia, posing the questions: who were the readers?; how did the author react to the readers' response as he continued the Comedia as the Tragicomedia?; and what impact did the readers have on the work? Evidence would point not only to the Comedia but also the Tragicomedia as comedy, in the style of the late Roman and humanistic genre.

Keywords

• celestina
• comedia humanística
• lectores