Abstract:

In the 1621 mythological comedia Las mujeres sin hombres, Lope de Vega expresses admiration for the Amazons, but he also describes them in misogynistic terms adapted from classical, medieval, and early modern sources. Lope’s Amazons are strong, warlike, politically capable, and competent in educating their young women. Yet they are also fools for love. This article explores the ambivalence of Lope’s use of these fabled women warriors. Unlike most writers who reinterpreted the Amazon myths, Lope contemporizes the women warriors and suggests that Spanish women may be their spiritual inheritors. By marrying the Amazons off to male characters, Lope brings them under patriarchal control. However, he also allows them to escape death, the usual fate of these fighting women in his likely sources. In Las mujeres sin hombres, the Amazons’ survival in defeat figures their subversive potential; Lope suggests that they may be role models for and echoes of early modern Spanish women who resisted the dominance of men.

概括：

在 1621 年的神话喜剧Las mujeres sin hombres中，Lope de Vega 表达了对亚马逊人的钦佩，但他也用改编自古典、中世纪和早期现代资料的厌恶女性的术语来描述它们。洛佩的亚马逊人强壮、好战、有政治能力，并且有能力教育她们的年轻女性。然而，他们也是爱情的傻瓜。本文探讨了洛佩在使用这些传说中的女战士时的矛盾心理。与大多数重新解释亚马逊神话的作家不同，洛佩将女战士同时代化，并暗示西班牙女性可能是她们的精神继承者。通过将亚马逊人嫁给男性角色，洛佩将他们置于父权制控制之下。然而，他也允许他们逃脱死亡，这些战斗女性的通常命运在他的可能来源中。在没有男人的女人，亚马逊人在失败中的生存表明了他们的颠覆潜力；洛佩认为，她们可能是早期现代西班牙女性反抗男性统治的榜样和呼应。