SPAN 656 Early Modern Female Conventual Culture
Interdisciplinary and Transatlantic study of early modern female conventual culture in the Hispanic world. This course examines the cultural production of convents (poetry, drama, autobiographies, spiritual writings, visual arts, and music) in its historical and religious contexts. Readings will include texts by Spanish nuns St. Teresa of Avila, María de Ágreda, María de San Alberto, and María de San José Salazar, and Spanish American nuns Inés de la Cruz, Úrsula Suárez, María de San José, and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, among others. Course will be taught in English.