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HUM102CulturalEncountersII
SorJuanaInésdelaCruzResponsetotheMostIllustriousPoetessSorFiloteadelaCruz
Dr.SandrineBertauxAssistantProfessorofHumanitiesBoğaziçiUniversity9March2020
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SorJuanaInésdelaCruz(1648-1695)
Writer,composer,Baroquepoet,philosopherandnun
The“TenthMuse”
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OutlineoftheLecture
1) ColonialEncountersinNewSpain:TheAztecCivilizationandtheSpanishConquest
2)Racialmixingandhierarchy:thecastapaintings3)SorJuanaInésdelaCruz:Acontributiontothe“querelledesfemmes”(the“womanquestion”)
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TheReconquistaandtheSpanishConquestoftheNewWorld
1492FallofGranada
ColumbusreachestheBahamasislandsandHispaniola
15-16thcLimpiezadesangre
1521FalloftheAztecempire
1533FalloftheIncaempire
1550ValladolidDebate
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Europeanexplorations15-16thcentury
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TreatyofTordesillas,1494
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TheColumbianExchange
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America:anobjectofdesireStradanusc.1588-89:“Americarisestomeet
Americus”
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TheAzteccivilization
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Tenochtitlan
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TheAztecAlphabet
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TheConquistasdores
HernanCortés FranciscoPizarro
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TheConquistadoresatwork
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BrutalityoftheSpaniards
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Syncretism:DíadeMuertos
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RacialmixingandCastapainting
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AletterfromSisterJuanatoSisterFilotea?
SorJuana“Larespuesta”1691:“Mymostillustrioussenora,dearlady.”(1)“howtoexpressmyappreciation..forhavingmyscribblingsprinted,agiftsoimmeasurableastosurpassmymostambitiousaspiration,mymostferventdesire,whichevenasapersonofreasonneverenteredmythoughts.”(1)
SorFilotea=ThebishopofPueblaCommissionedSorJuanaacritiqueofthesermonofaJesuitpriest;Publisheswithoutherconsent:1690AthenagoricLetter;InjunctiontoSorJuanatodevoteherselftofaith(vs.secularmatters)
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SorJuanaInésdelaCruz
• Acriolla:SpanishfatherandNewSpain-bornmotherofSpanishancestry;
• Illegitimate• Raisedonthehaciendaofhergrandfather;accesstohislibrary
• Lady-in-waitingatthecourt;• 1667enterstheconvent:anunwithamaidandalibrary
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Abiographicalaccount“Ibegantoplaguemymotherwithinsistentandimportunatepleas:sheshoulddressmeinboy’sclothingandsendmetoMexicoCitytolivewithrelatives,tostudyandbetutoredattheUniversity.”
“Ienteredthereligiousorder,knowingthatlifethereentailedcertainconditionsmostrepugnanttomynature;butgiventhetotalantipathyIfeltformarriage…”
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Theologyasqueenofsciencesandsecularmatters
Galileo
Queeninwhatthesubject-matterNotinmethodologyØ Separationreligionandscience
InésdelaCruz
“forhowcouldoneundertakethestudyoftheQueenofsciencesiffirstonehadnotcometoknowherservants?”(4)
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Athousandsmeditations
“…studyandmorestudy,withnoteachersbutmybooks.ThusIlearnedhowdifficultitistostudythosesoullessletters,lackingahumanvoiceortheexplicationofateacher.”
“Iundertookthisgreattaskwithoutbenefitofteacher,orfellowstudentswithwhomtoconferanddiscuss,havingforamasternootherthanamutebook,andforacolleague,aninsentientinkwell.”
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The“philosophiesofthekitchen”
“Butlady,aswomen,whatwisdommaybeoursifnotthephilosophiesofthekitchen?..hadAristotlepreparedvictuals,hewouldhavewrittenmore.”
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The“querelledesfemmes”(disputeofwomen”i.e.thewomanquestion)
“Whatthenistheevilinmybeingawoman?”Ø Defenseoftherightsofwomentobeeducatedandtoteach:
Letwomenkeepsilenceinthechurch..”infactitisnotpermittedofwomentoreadpubliclyinchurch,norpreach,whydotheycensurethosewhostudyprivately?”
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Questions
• HowdoesherbiographicalaccountcomparewiththefictionalcharacterofPortia?
• DoyouthinkthatshecanclaimlikeDescartesdid“IthinkthereforeIam”?
• HowwouldyoucompareherargumentstoShylock’sclaimofacommonhumanity?