Sor Juana Fay Y Asbaje Analysis

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Juana Ramírez y Asbaje, otherwise known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is an extraordinaryfigure in the history of Spain and vice-regal Spanish-America. Most widely known as a poet, Sor Juana offers a wide array of literary works that serve as a look into the dynamic world of seventeenth-century Hispanic literature. Considered the last great author of Spain’s Golden Age,Sor Juana and her influence contributed to creating a Mexican identity in the New World. In the process of studying and analyzing her literary works, I owe much to both feminist scholarship and post-colonial theory and criticism. Feminist scholarship views the nun as a foremother for femalewriters and the first woman to speak out for the intellectual rights of women in education.

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