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Women at the heart of change in early modern Spanish theater
Title
Women at the heart of change in early modern Spanish theater.
Creator
Petersen, Elizabeth Marie, Gamboa, Yolanda, Graduate College
Date Issued
2011-04-08
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3171393
Subject Headings
Spanish drama --Classical period, 1500-1700 --History and criticism, Women --Spain --Drama, Women in literature
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La transformacion de Ia bruja en las obras de Maria de Zayas
Title
La transformacion de Ia bruja en las obras de Maria de Zayas.
Creator
Petersen, Elizabeth Marie, Gamboa, Yolanda, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description
In my thesis, I argue that the 1 ih -century Spanish writer, Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor, in a unique form of 'mimesis,' uses elements of magic to transform the popular concept of the Spanish witch. Drawing on theories from Jacques Lacan's mirror phase, Homi Bhabha and Barbara Fuchs's notion of mimesis, and Judith Butler's idea of gender performitivity, I demonstrate how Zayas frees the witch from the subjugated language constructed by the Catholic Church and society of her time. I examine six...
Show moreIn my thesis, I argue that the 1 ih -century Spanish writer, Maria de Zayas y Sotomayor, in a unique form of 'mimesis,' uses elements of magic to transform the popular concept of the Spanish witch. Drawing on theories from Jacques Lacan's mirror phase, Homi Bhabha and Barbara Fuchs's notion of mimesis, and Judith Butler's idea of gender performitivity, I demonstrate how Zayas frees the witch from the subjugated language constructed by the Catholic Church and society of her time. I examine six of the short stories in her two novels to show how the author alters the role of the witch associated with the devil, transforming her to a saint associated with "lo magico de los cielos, " assigning the diabolical role to the man.
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Date Issued
2008
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000948
Subject Headings
Zayas y Sotomayor, María de,--1590-1650--Criticism and interpretation, Mimesis in literature, Spanish literature--Classical period, 1500-1700--Criticism and interpretation, Postmodernism (LIterature), Witches--Fiction
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Document (PDF)