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"Sin Decidirlo Me Volví Distinta": Gender, Deception And Development In Angeles Mastretta's ArráNcame La Vida, Luisa Samaniego

Dissertations and Theses

With this research I locate Angeles Mastretta's novel Arráncame la vida in the Bildungsroman genre, examine the particular forces influencing the protagonist's development and gain insight into her process of identity formation. This modern Bildungsroman portrays the fate of a woman in the male dominated world of post-revolutionary Mexico. I analyze how class, gender, historical moment, psychological and cultural influences are woven into the intriguing formation of the heroine, Catalina, variously constraining or propelling her forward in her quest for development.

I argue that the heroine transcends the limiting factors in her patriarchal environment, struggling against culturally sanctioned deception, confining …

La Protagonista En Dos Novelas Latinoamericanas Escritas Por Mujeres, Khatereh K. Sabahi

Dissertations and Theses

Este estudio hace una comparaci6n de las protagonistas de dos novelas escritas por mujeres. Analiza dos sociedades diferentes separada por el tiempo y la distancia. Trata de encontrar respuestas a las diferencias existentes, tomando en cuenta los cambios politicos, sociales y literarios que afectan a las mujeres. Ambas novelas se centran en la mujer y su lucha contra la sociedad y la incomprensi6n por parte del hombre. Se hace hincapie en el tipo diferente de sociedad en que vive cada una de las protagonistas y en el papel del hombre dentro de esta sociedad. Tambien se toma en consideraci6n la …

On A Women's Language, Tamara Brown

Dissertations and Theses

Assessing the feminist belief that women have a perspective dramatically differing from the patriarchal perspective, and that this viewpoint is, or could be, couched in a language differing from the norm, this researcher addressed the following three questions: (1) is there a definition of a women's language? (2) does a women's language exist? and (3) if a women's language does exist, in what form does it exist? These questions engendered feminist rhetorical criticism on the work of two radical feminists well known for their interest in, and attention to, the issue of a women's language.