En torno a la misoginia de "El Crotalón"

Abstract

The severe moralism of the hispanic erasmian writers did'nt allow them to assent completely to the process of secularization that was developing from the eleventh century, and could'nt accept fully the consequential valuation of the underworld, especially in relation to love, hopelessly considered as an expression of sinful desire. This attitude always involves a more or less openly misogynistic stance, which reveals itself in the Crótalon with all the traditional repertoire of accusations and platitudes against women. Furthermore, the moralistic orthodoxy of the disciples of Erasmus not only affects your mindset, but also his style and the essence of his literary output, as an erasmian writer could'nt even conceive of a literature that were not strictly finalized to moral teaching and respect of the rule of delectare et prodesse. In fact, the development of a new literary language, which, among other things, lead to the creation of the modern novel and modern theater, meant freedom from the bonds of religious ideology and required that literary demands got priority on the duty to write edifying works.