The project Teatro áureo en diacronía (METADRAMA) studies the transformation of Spanish Golden Age theatre over time from a philological, metrical, and performative perspective. Its main goal is to analyse how verse forms and their sonic dimension contribute to the construction of dramatic meaning in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century plays, paying attention both to the evolution of polymetric systems and to their relationship with genres, actions, characters, and rewritings.
Based on an interdisciplinary methodology that integrates philology, literary theory, metrics, textual editing, and performance, METADRAMA approaches Renaissance and Baroque theatre as a space where sound and meaning intertwine and poetic form articulates the spectator’s aesthetic experience. The project traces, from a diachronic perspective, the history of theatrical verse—its changes and continuities—and examines how stanzaic and rhythmic modulations reflect the ideological and aesthetic transformations of the period.
The research team combines textual scholarship with stage practice and the use of digital tools applied to the analysis of verse. The project also promotes critical editions, comparative metrical studies, and performative experiences that illuminate the vitality of classical theatre and its ability to generate new readings through contemporary research.
Through this approach, METADRAMA contributes to renewing the study of Spanish Golden Age theatre and to positioning the sonic dimension of classical verse as a central axis of a unique phenomenon in the history of literature and culture.
