CONSTRUCTION OF FEMALE IDENTITY IN CLASSICAL LITERATURE FROM XV TO XVII CENTURY

Abstract

Women raise their voices in literary fiction. They are displaced women, often in disguise, who assume the defense of their freedoms in love or claim their right to education. Many times women threaten the imposed order and are persecuted, raped or sold by their own parents or guardians. Others they enter the convent and vow to build their identity from within. All of them find a space for personal fulfillment and representation in literature. In our work we pay special attention to the testimony of Aldonza, the protagonist of the work of Francisco Delicado, La Lozana Andaluza, and other protagonists of classic novels. We pay attention also to Teresa de Cartagena, Teresa de Jesús and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz.