(Click here for the Spanish version of this curriculum unit) Guiding Questions This curriculum is intended for students with advanced Spanish proficiency. Students will gain an understanding of why Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is considered one of the most important poets of Latin America, and why she is also considered a pioneering feminist writer and poet. The two lesson plans in this academic unit will introduce students to the life of Sor Juana and to some of her work. Sor Juana was persecuted for being an intellectual and a woman, a nun, and a writer who wrote quite provocatively in the very Christian New Spain of the 1600s. Sor Juana was published in different parts of the Hispanic world during her lifetime and she enjoyed the reputation of being the premiere Baroque poet in New Spain (Mexico), which earned her both praise and vicious misogynistic attacks.

To learn more about Sor Juana, students and teachers can consult the EDSITEment-created timeline of her life. She wrote following the complex style of the Spanish Golden Age masters, particularly Luis de Góngora y Argote, and produced some of the most beautiful sonnets in the Spanish language, while excelling also as a dramatist. Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is considered the first great Latin American poet and one of the most important Hispanic literary figures. from The Reply to the Very Illustrious Sor Philotea de la Cruz, written in 1691 As a result, I cut off the hair in punishment for my head’s ignorance, for it didn’t seem right to me that a head so naked of knowledge should be dressed up with hair, for knowledge is a more desirable adornment.” 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.“It turned out that the hair grew quickly and I learned slowly. She collaborates and publishes in the Tirant lo Blanc Association of Mexico and The Tirant lo Blanc Association of Catalunya. She coordinates the Dialogue between Cultures collection of Orfeo Catalan from Mexico where she has released two sketches of Mexican and Catalan female characters. She also co-authored the novel Florentine Manuscript. Biography for KIDS (Sor Juana Ines, Christopher Columbus) and Prospection Fiction as a textbook. Her first book of poetry published in Madrid, is called Avatars. In narrative she has published anthologies, Tales of the Hurus I and Hurus II files and the novels The Age of the Clones, The Witch's Loneliness, Rain Over The Bartender and Triviality, published in Barcelona. She resides in Mexico and is a professor-researcher of Prospective Fiction at the International Institute for Prospectives (ISEP), Mexico City.

Blanca Fernandez Martinez has a degree in History from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Colabora y publica en la Asociacion Tirant lo Blanc de Mexico y La Asociacion Tirant lo Blanc de Catalunya. Coordina la coleccion Dialogo entre Culturas del Orfeo Catalan de Mexico donde ha publicado dos semblanzas sobre personajes femeninos mexicanos y catalanes. Tambien la novela escrita en coautoria, El Manuscrito Florentino. Biografia para ninos (Sor Juana Ines, Cristobal Colon) y Ficcion Prospectiva como libro de texto.

Su primer libro de poesia publicado en Madrid, se titula Avatares. En narrativa tiene publicadas las antologias, Cuentos del Archivo Hurus y Archivo Hurus II y las novelas La era de los clones, La soledad de la meiga, Lluvia sobre el barman y La Nimiedad, publicada en Barcelona. Reside en Mexico y es profesora-investigadora de Ficcion Prospectiva en el Instituto Internacional de Prospectiva (ISEP), de la Ciudad de Mexico. Blanca Martinez Fernandez es licenciada en Historia por la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona.

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