Teresa de la Parra’s «revolution»: to write the Marian abnegation from the lattice

Abstract

The objective of this article is to dismantle the traditional interpretation made of the 1930’s essay by Venezuelan writer Teresa de la Parra, entitled «The influence of women in the formation of the American soul». Research done from the gender studies perspective declares that this may be the first feminist essay of Hispanic literature; however, a content analysis may be evidence that it promotes patriarchal female models built in the Hispanic culture by centuries of catholic indoctrination, making stronger the continent’s andocentric essay canon.

Keywords

• teresa de la parra
• literatura hispanoamericana
• marianismo
• historia y catolicismo