La monja que conquistó Europa. Sor Juana Inés en la cruz de la crítica

• Authors: Volek Emil

Title variants

EN

THE NUN WHO CONQUERED EUROPE: SOR JUANA INÉS ON THE CROSS OF CRITICISM

• Languages of publication: ES

Abstracts

EN

The article situates the phenomenon of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651–1695) within the myth of the “return of the caravels,” invented from the Spanish American side as a proof of parity with the former “Mother Country,” achieved apparently towards the end of the 19th century. However, “caravels” were “returning” much earlier. Based on the author’s book La mujer que quiso ser amada por Dios (The Woman who Wanted to be Loved by God, 2016) and on recent archival discoveries, the study then focuses on the Mexican nun, the history of her publications in Spain during her lifetime, and the consequences of the historical entanglements of her supporters for her literary heritage; finally, it takes to task the surprising generalized shortcomings of the sorjuanista criticism, among others, reading her work out of its internal (“genetic”) and external contexts, and not having asked some most elemental questions about her works in both the modern and the ancient editions.

Keywords

EN

“return of the caravels”; cultural myth; Latin American culture; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; criticism; Octavio Paz; patronage; “genetic context”; restitution

ES

“regreso de las carabelas”; mito cultural; cultura latinoamericana; Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz; crítica; Octavio Paz; patronazgo; “contexto genético”; restitución

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: Special Issue: El mundo de la literatura
• Pages: 23-32

Contributors

author

Volek Emil

• Arizona State University, Tempe