Mujeres poderosas en el teatro de Ruiz de Alarcón, dramaturgo novohispano.
Keywords:
theatre, Juan Ruiz de Alarcón, honour drama, political and privanya drama, queenAbstract
Juan Ruiz de Alarcón looks back to the Middle Ages to write La crueldad por el honor (1621-1622), an honour play, and Los pechos privilegiados (ca. 1625), a political and privanza play, to reflect themes related with love, power and ethic. Two historical powerful women take part in both plays: Petronila de Aragón and Elvira Menéndez, the future queen of León.