The Process of Rewriting: the Metamorphosis in El divino Narciso de Sor Juana
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Baroque Hispano-American Literature, Religious Theatre, Classical Influence
Abstract
El divino Narciso, like each auto sacramental, has the Eucharist as its principal theme, namely the transformation of the Christ into the sacred host. To symbolize this transformation in the theatre play, Sor Juana uses another metamorphosis: the history of Narcissus, who falls in love with himself and transforms into a white narcissus. As a consequence, there is a double metamorphosis in the play: both in the subject matter and in the process of transposing. We will analyze this process, in which Sor Juana successfully combines elements from the pagan history of Narcissus with Christian elements related to the transformation of Christ in the holy Eucharist. We propose the hypothesis that the creative process is also a metaphor of the metamorphosis which stands thematically in the centre of the play El divino Narciso.Downloads
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2009-12-14
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Houvenaghel E. y Donadoni C. (2009). The Process of Rewriting: the Metamorphosis in El divino Narciso de Sor Juana. Anales de Literatura Hispanoamericana, 38, 289-305. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ALHI/article/view/ALHI0909110289A
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