Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

the 17th century in dialogue with 20th-century feminism

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Sor Juana, Feminism, 17th century

Abstract

The focus of this study is to analyze, through the work of Octavio Paz, Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz or Las trampas de la fe, how the nun Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, a great writer and literary figure from Nueva España, Baroque period, of colonial Mexico in the 17th century, is ahead of her time, talking to the future, without knowing it. The work also considers as a reference her famous letter, Respuesta a Sor Filotea de la Cruz, where the writer demands gender equality, in a society in which male superiority was predominant and the condition of women was imposed under the stipulations of the Church and the Inquisition.

Author Biographies

Alessandra Helisia Palheta Alves, Universidade Federal do Pará

Federal University of Pará (UFPA). Belém – (PA) – Brazil. Bachelor’s degree in Spanish Language and Literature, School of Modern Foreign Languages.

Nélia de Almeida Martins, Universidade Federal do Pará

Federal University of Pará (UFPA), Belém – (PA) – Brazil. Professor of the Spanish Language Program.

     

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Published

28/12/2025

How to Cite

Palheta Alves, A. H., & Martins, N. de A. (2025). Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: the 17th century in dialogue with 20th-century feminism. Revista De Letras, 64, e025002. Retrieved from https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/letras/article/view/20096

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