Rosario Ferre en el espejo: Defiance and Inversions
1997; University of Pennsylvania Press; Volume: 65; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/474407
ISSN1553-0639
Autores Tópico(s)Latin American Literature Studies
ResumoS t sure.' By means of inversions, narrative point of view and defiant female characters, wrongs done to women throughout history are symbolically vindicated while feminine is continually problematized, and ultimately, fragmented and dispersed. Ferre's novel, Maldito amor, parodies romance plot: powerful attraction of Elvira to gallant male, amounting to romantic thralldom, an unequal love in which the lover has power of conferring self-worth and purpose (DuPlessis 66), subordinate status of Elvira as supportive mate, an overwhelming passion brought within bounds via legitimation of marriage, and her eventual death-a final silence. Ferre's ironic use of nineteenth-century plots and omniscient narration underlines novel's intention of writing beyond ending in
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