SPAN 559 Colonial Women: From Early Modern to Postmodern Icons
Study of female figures (such as the Virgin of Guadalupe, La Malinche, Catalina de Erauso, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz) that became cultural icons in Latin American colonial societies. This course focuses on their writings, writings and films about them, from the early modern to the postmodern periods. Readings include, Nican Mopohua, Sor Juana's Respuesta, Erauso's La monja alférez, Rosario Castellanos's El eterno femenino, Laura Esquivel's Malinche, Humberto Hermosillo's Esmeralda viene de noche, Octavio Paz's Los hijos de la Malinche, and others.
Prerequisite
Graduate Students Only