"La Quijotita y su prima" (1818) The Quijotita and her Cousin is
Joaqun Fernandez de Lizardi's (1776-1827) second novel. Written two
years after his best known novel "Periquillo sarniento" (1816),
regarded as the official initiator of the novel genre in Spanish
America, in "La Quijotita..." Fernndez de Lizardi extends his view
on society to encompass the female condition. In tune with his
liberal stance the author states with clarity the active role women
should play within the new Mexican society, and highlights the
importance of educating them along modern principles. Composed
mainly of dialogues the novel quickly caught the readers public's
attention, thus becoming very popular in its times among both
female and male readers. It constitutes a perfect example of a
didactic literature, intended to expose desirable social behavior
models while entertaining. Today this amusing novel can regain its
educational value by transporting the modern reader to the times of
the newly born Mexican bourgeoisie, to show how the ideology of
modernity and progress was conveyed through the education of women.
The present critical edition by prof. Graciela Michelotti takes
into account previous ones (starting with the 1831 edition) and
incorporates new aclaratory footnotes aimed to help the modern,
international reader.
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