![]() Sor Juana is also known as “El Fénix de América” (the Phoenix of the Americas) or “La Décima Musa” (the Tenth Muse). (Click here for the Spanish version of this curriculum unit) Guiding Questions This curriculum is intended for students with advanced Spanish proficiency. Students will gain an understanding of why Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is considered one of the most important poets of Latin America, and why she is also considered a pioneering feminist writer and poet. The two lesson plans in this academic unit will introduce students to the life of Sor Juana and to some of her work. Sor Juana was persecuted for being an intellectual and a woman, a nun, and a writer who wrote quite provocatively in the very Christian New Spain of the 1600s. Sor Juana was published in different parts of the Hispanic world during her lifetime and she enjoyed the reputation of being the premiere Baroque poet in New Spain (Mexico), which earned her both praise and vicious misogynistic attacks. To learn more about Sor Juana, students and teachers can consult the EDSITEment-created timeline of her life. She wrote following the complex style of the Spanish Golden Age masters, particularly Luis de Góngora y Argote, and produced some of the most beautiful sonnets in the Spanish language, while excelling also as a dramatist. ![]() Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is considered the first great Latin American poet and one of the most important Hispanic literary figures. from The Reply to the Very Illustrious Sor Philotea de la Cruz, written in 1691 As a result, I cut off the hair in punishment for my head’s ignorance, for it didn’t seem right to me that a head so naked of knowledge should be dressed up with hair, for knowledge is a more desirable adornment.” “It turned out that the hair grew quickly and I learned slowly.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |