Casi semejantes: Tribulaciones de la identidad criolla en Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez y Cautiverio Feliz

Carlos de Sigüenza y Góngora's Infortunios de Alonso Ramírez and Francisco Núñez de Pineda y Bascuñán's Cautiverio feliz are studied here as works that form part of a Creole discourse that begins to emerge in the XVII century. Both works reveal the ambiguous position of a Creole in relation to an other (a pirate, an Indian), a viewpoint from which each author denounces his marginality, insists on his rights and affirms the legitimacy of his position with respect to the metropolitan power.