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Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, vol.2016, no.DecemberSpecialIssue, pp.1379-1383, 2016 (SCI-Expanded)
© The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology.XIXth Century Spanish Romance has several literary works reflecting the chaotic era it was going through. Lovers of Teruel, one of the most detailed flares of XIXth Century Spanish society, government, class structure, pressures on the individuals and families, and their problems, enjoys being the most eligible and popular theatre play which is favoured even today. In this study, XIXth Century Spanish society and individuals are examined through aforementioned play; the characters that are brought up and via reader oriented approach the effects and reflections of this chaotic environment on the social structure and individuals are presented. As the result of this examination, it is found out that at the first half of the XIXth century in the absolute monarchy period starting with Ferdinand VII, Spanish Society had been through a politically upheaval time; had stacked to strict ethical norms; had created a gap between classes and increased the value that was already attached to class; and as a result, families which was the core element of the society started to put pressure on their children with the common sense norms, which was expected to end in unhappiness and misery.