Japonica in the Jesuit Drama of the Southern Netherlands

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Auteur principal: Goran Proot
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contents Japonica in the Jesuit Drama of the Southern Netherlands Goran Proot Johan Verberckmoes Historia The Jesuit colleges of the provincia Flandro-Belgica actively promoted theatricalperformances. Two and a half percent of these shows (some 50 out of nearly 2000plays), as performed in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, concerned overseasthemes, most of these dealing with Japan. Exceptionally, Jesuit missionaries were thesubjects of these plays, in particular Franciscus Xaverius. The majority of the performancesfocused, however, on Japanese Christians and their fate in times of adversityand persecution. Takayama Ukon, the in Europe much publicized crucified Christiansof February 1597, the Arima martyrs, Titus from Bungo and a series of others exemplifiedvirtues such as constancy and love of God and one’s parents. The plays were oftenadapted for the young cast and audience. The tragic historical circumstances addedfascination to the examples of Christian piety, which the college pupils were expectedto follow. 2002 artículo científico 0874-8438 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=36100503 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=361 Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies application/pdf Universidade Nova de Lisboa Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies (Portugal) Num.5
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Japonica in the Jesuit Drama of the Southern Netherlands Goran Proot Johan Verberckmoes Historia The Jesuit colleges of the provincia Flandro-Belgica actively promoted theatricalperformances. Two and a half percent of these shows (some 50 out of nearly 2000plays), as performed in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, concerned overseasthemes, most of these dealing with Japan. Exceptionally, Jesuit missionaries were thesubjects of these plays, in particular Franciscus Xaverius. The majority of the performancesfocused, however, on Japanese Christians and their fate in times of adversityand persecution. Takayama Ukon, the in Europe much publicized crucified Christiansof February 1597, the Arima martyrs, Titus from Bungo and a series of others exemplifiedvirtues such as constancy and love of God and one’s parents. The plays were oftenadapted for the young cast and audience. The tragic historical circumstances addedfascination to the examples of Christian piety, which the college pupils were expectedto follow. 2002 artículo científico 0874-8438 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=36100503 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=361 Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies application/pdf Universidade Nova de Lisboa Bulletin of Portuguese - Japanese Studies (Portugal) Num.5
title Japonica in the Jesuit Drama of the Southern Netherlands
topic Historia
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