Open AccessSor Juana Inés de la Cruz y la nueva ortodoxia del saber: acerca de la educación femenina en el debate sobre la <em>Carta atenagórica</em>
Author(s) -
Elio Vélez Marquina
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
revista de literatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1988-4192
pISSN - 0034-849X
DOI - 10.3989/revliteratura.2016.02.026
Subject(s) - saint , orthodoxy , rhetorical question , order (exchange) , humanities , imitation , patron saint , hermeneutics , art , philosophy , art history , literature , theology , psychology , social psychology , finance , economics
The concept of the new orthodoxy seeks to explain how, through the commentary and imitation of patristic authorities and the use of particular rhetorical strategies, Sor Juana gets subvert misogynist discourse of the Church without properly establishing an unorthodox approach. Affirmed in handling the patristic sources, Carta atenagórica represents a masterful attempt to build an alternative official discourse, while confronting the novohispanic wit with the European, gives intellectual prominence to women within the religious hermeneutics. In this respect, the figure and writings of Saint Paul and Saint Jerome, the patron founder of the order, will be utilized to support the practices of his American daughter