The Lost Rib: Female Characters in the Spanish-American NovelBucknell University Press, 1985 - 227 pagina's This study focuses on three basic questions: (1) Why is the Spanish-American novel nearly devoid of memorable female protagonists? (2) How do the novels portray their female characters? and (3) Why do even those novels whose titles promise female protagonists ultimately focus on other topics and characters? |
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Pagina 167
... evil , if one examines the story quite literally one must see it as an unintentional parable of our relation- ship with the witch . The story says that Eve , symbol of evil , sexuality , and knowledge , was removed from Adam in the form ...
... evil , if one examines the story quite literally one must see it as an unintentional parable of our relation- ship with the witch . The story says that Eve , symbol of evil , sexuality , and knowledge , was removed from Adam in the form ...
Pagina 169
... evil is disseminated in the form of black gatos de la muerte ( cats of death ) which are bound to destroy the white perros de la vida ( dogs of life ) . On another level , the text itself is the Pandora's box from which the evil issues ...
... evil is disseminated in the form of black gatos de la muerte ( cats of death ) which are bound to destroy the white perros de la vida ( dogs of life ) . On another level , the text itself is the Pandora's box from which the evil issues ...
Pagina 186
... evil , she often repre- sents an extrication of the good or evil within him , as was the case with the witch and with the nefarious Eve , the rib taken from Adam . Nevertheless , as has been repeatedly illustrated , she is but a ...
... evil , she often repre- sents an extrication of the good or evil within him , as was the case with the witch and with the nefarious Eve , the rib taken from Adam . Nevertheless , as has been repeatedly illustrated , she is but a ...
Inhoudsopgave
Acknowledgments | 7 |
Reading the Writing in Jorge Isaacss María | 19 |
In Mans Image Created Doña Bárbara | 38 |
Copyright | |
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