%0 Journal Article %T La educaci¨®n del poder a trav¨¦s del teatro: El hijo del ¨¢guila, de Luis V¨¦lez de Guevara %A Javier J. Gonz¨¢lez Mart¨ªnez %J Impossibilia : Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios %D 2012 %I Asociaci¨®n Cultural Impossibilia %X Theater and literature share aesthetic, educational and entertaining purposes. Sometimesthe balance is tilted towards one of them. Through Luis V¨¦lez de Guevara¡¯s El hijo del ¨¢guila, we discussthe pedagogical function of theater in the political education of the Spanish young King Philip IV. Theconclusion is that the favorite Count-Duke of Olivares wants John of Austria to become the model forthe two conflicts facing Philip IV at the beginning of his reign: the pacification of the Netherlands andthe hostility with England. %K Luis V¨¦lez de Guevara %K El hijo del ¨¢guila %K publicity %K theater pedagogy %K monarchy. %U http://www.impossibilia.org/static/descargas/numero-3/la-educacion-del-poder-a-traves-del-teatro-el-hijo-del-aguila-luis-velez-guevara-javier-j-gonzalez-martinez.pdf