SexViolHist Bib: Representations: Literary Texts: María de Zayas

»María de Zayas y Sotomayor (before 12 September 1590 – 1661) wrote during Spain's Golden Age of literature. She is considered by a number of modern critics as one of the pioneers of literary feminism, while others consider her simply a well-accomplished baroque author. The female characters in de Zayas's stories were used as vehicles to enlighten readers about the plight of women in Spanish society, or to instruct them in proper ways to live their lives.« -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 17^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: Spanish History | III. Topical Index: Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

I. Author Index

[Info] Rodríguez-Rodríguez, Ana M. »Early Modern #MeToo: María de Zayas’s Response to Women’s Confined Lives.« Hispanic Issues On Line 25 (2020): 191-208.

[Info] Varo Zafra, Juan. »El estupro en el Antiguo Régimen: De la sórdida realidad de las alegaciones judiciales a la estilización literaria.« Tiempos Modernos No. 41 (2020): 371-387.

II. Speaker Index

Desengaños amorosos (The Disenchantments of Love)

I n f o r m a t i o n

»María de Zayas's most successful works are her Novelas amorosas y ejemplares (Amorous and Exemplary Novels), published in 1637, and Desengaños amorosos (Disenchantments of Love), published in 1647. They are sometimes known as the Spanish Decameron because they followed a structure used by Giovanni Boccaccio. The collection consists of a number of stories or novelas (novelle in Italian) framed by one overarching one. Other examples of such collections are Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Marguerite de Navarre's L'Heptémaron. Further influential novella writers from the period were Matteo Bandello and Masuccio Salernitano, some of whose stories Zayas adapted. In Spain Miguel de Cervantes published his Novelas ejemplares (Exemplary Stories in the English translation) in 1613, in which he dispensed with the frame narrative. Zayas's contemporaries Alonso Castillo Solórzano and Juan Pérez de Montalbán also wrote novellas. The genre allowed Zayas to tell a variety of stories, developing strong characters, and providing a showcase for her range.
The frame narrative of both collections revolves around Lisis, who has invited a group of her friends to her home to help her recover from an illness. In an attempt to lift her spirits, each of her friends narrates a story about a particular amorous experience. Two stories are narrated per night for a total of five nights. While the first book includes some episodes of violence and deception, it also includes more humorous stories, usually told by male narrators. The second collection is entirely female-narrated and is much darker in tone and focuses on the abuse of women, many of whom die at the hands of their husbands or male relatives. The female characters in both books are well developed, and their experience allows them to eloquently denounce their inferior role in society«. -- More information: Wikipedia

K e y w o r d s

I. Chronological Index: Modern History: 17^th Century | II. Geographical Index: European History: Spanish History | III. Topical Index: Cases: Fictional Offenders: Manuel; Fictional Victims: Camilla, Inés, Isabel; Types: General: Rape

B i b l i o g r a p h y

1. General

I. Author Index

[Info] Grouzis Demory, Christelle, et al. »Entre el cortejo y la violencia: Amor, honor e infamia en la novela carto barroca. Los casos de María de Zayas y Alonso de Castillo Solórzano.« Lejana No. 7 (2014).

II. Speaker Index

2. La esclava de su amante (Rape of Isabel)

I. Author Index

[Info] Albert, Corinna. »Vergewaltigte Körper in María de Zayas’ Desengaños amorosos (1647).« HeLix 17 (2024): 65-89.

[Info] Rosso, Maria. »Honor, deseo y violencia de género: Peripecias narrativas en el Siglo de Oro (Cervantes, Lope de Vega, María de Zayas y Mariana de Carvajal).« eHumanista 58 (2024): 118-134.

II. Speaker Index

3. La inocencia castigada (Rape of Inés)

I. Author Index

[Info] Albert, Corinna. »Vergewaltigte Körper in María de Zayas’ Desengaños amorosos (1647).« HeLix 17 (2024): 65-89.

[Info] Aronson, Stacey L.P. »Monstruous Metamorphoses and Rape in María de Zayas.« Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 29 (2005): 525-547.

II. Speaker Index

4. La mas infame venganza (Rape of Camila)

I. Author Index

[Info] Albert, Corinna. »Vergewaltigte Körper in María de Zayas’ Desengaños amorosos (1647).« HeLix 17 (2024): 65-89.

[Info] Aronson, Stacey L.P. »Monstruous Metamorphoses and Rape in María de Zayas.« Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 29 (2005): 525-547.

II. Speaker Index

5. El traidor contra su sangre

I. Author Index

[Info] Nelson, Bradley J. »The Aesthetics of Rape, and the Rape of Aesthetics.« Hispanic Issues On Line 8 (2011): 62-80.

II. Speaker Index