EROTICISM AS AN ACCESSORY OF PICARESQUE LITERATURE Cover Image

EL EROTISMO COMO ACCESORIO EN LA LITERATURA PICARESCA
EROTICISM AS AN ACCESSORY OF PICARESQUE LITERATURE

Author(s): Ivan Marina-Iuliana
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Gender Studies, Studies of Literature
Published by: Editura Universităţii din Piteşti
Keywords: eroticism; sensuality; transgressive

Summary/Abstract: In literature, the image of women has been prejudiced. Perhaps the fact that the woman was considered an imperfect and inferior being has a great importance, but the creators themselves are also influenced of the time reflected in their works conceptions. Cold and calculated, the picara differs from other female figures in literature, for the sole reason that is not carried away by feelings. The physical qualities help them maintain their different from the picaros, who rarely make use of physical love in his adventures. Referring to the erotic theme, our view is to eroticism that follows the wild woman, the warrior.

  • Issue Year: 2015
  • Issue No: 18
  • Page Range: 20-28
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Spanish