Sexo en el convento y Sor Juana en las nuevas novelas de México
[EN] This article analyzes four novels on Sor Juana published between 2007 and 2010: La venganza de Sor Juana(2007) by Héctor Zagal (published under the pseudonym of Mónica Zagal); El beso de la virreina(2008) by José Luis Gómez; Yo, la peor(2009) by Mónica Lavín; and Los indecibles pecados de Sor J...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::18639f84ca528b80ea61a30996f3ae63 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/428618 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Sor Juana Novels Mexican authors Rewriting Sex Novelas Autoras mexicanas Reescritura Sexo Latin American literature |
| Sumario: | [EN] This article analyzes four novels on Sor Juana published between 2007 and 2010: La venganza de Sor Juana(2007) by Héctor Zagal (published under the pseudonym of Mónica Zagal); El beso de la virreina(2008) by José Luis Gómez; Yo, la peor(2009) by Mónica Lavín; and Los indecibles pecados de Sor Juana(2010) by Kyra Galván. In these novels that revolve around the so called Tenth Muse we see something that happens to other Mexican cultural icons, such as Malinche or Frida Kahlo: her literary rearticulation in the 21st century reveals a voyeuristic perspective that exploits intimacy in the same way that today’s media sells privacy, secret sexual practices and forbidden obsessions. This reading confirms not only that neoliberalism affects the production and commercialization of literature but also that novels written today portray new ethical principles and reveal other aesthetics, in sync with contemporary social changes, the demands imposed by bestsellers, and the massive consumption of light literature. Precisely because of that, Sor Juana reveals her interiority and takes off her clothes in several of these recent novels, where she tends to behave like an actress of her own soap opera. |
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