Nature, Gender, and Identity in the Cantares of Gloria de la Prada

Abstract

This article analyzes how Noches sevillanas (1912) and La copla andaluza (1930) by Gloria de la Prada represent the intersections between nature, gender, and culture, utilizing the tools of ecocriticism and feminist literary criticism. It argues that Gloria de la Prada’s cantares reinforce a traditional view of the relationship between women and nature but also contain elements that can be interpreted as a critical resignification of these roles from a feminist perspective. Framed within the Andalusian popular tradition of the Silver Age, the writer uses images such as the moon, the sun, flowers, vegetation, and natural landscapes to reflect on the female condition and power dynamics. The study seeks to identify how the author links elements of nature with female experiences and identity. The findings highlight the ambivalence of these symbols, revealing both their rootedness in the conventions of her time and certain critical elements that transcend the limits of popular tradition, turning her cantares into a space of resistance and resignification.