Early Spanish American Women Writers (SPAN 9987)

Romance Languages and Literatures · Boston College

Conducted in Spanish.A close study of the intellectual and literary productions of women writers from the colonial period and nineteenth century, with special attention to Sor Juana Ins de la Cruz. Readings will be drawn from different genres and will also include works by Catalina de Erauso, la Madre Castillo, Juana Manuela Gorriti, Clorinda Matto de Turner, and Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda, among others.

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