Baldomera: el instinto y la irrupción del cuerpo

The author begins with the notion of Alfredo Pareja and the act of writing (she maintains that through his characters he was able to give lite to his ideas and polítical philosophy), and shows that a key example of this is the building of his character, the 'mulata' Baldomera. It reflects...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Tillería, Ylonka
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2008
País:Ecuador
Institución:Universidad Andina Simón Bolivar
Repositorio:Revista Andina de Letras y Estudios Culturales
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/737
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/kipus/article/view/737
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Narrativa ecuatoriana
Generación del 30
personaje, biografía
génesis de la novela
mentalidad patriarcal
Ecuadorian Fiction
Generation of the 30's
character, biography
creation of the novel
patriarchal mentality
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Sumario:The author begins with the notion of Alfredo Pareja and the act of writing (she maintains that through his characters he was able to give lite to his ideas and polítical philosophy), and shows that a key example of this is the building of his character, the 'mulata' Baldomera. It reflects upon the author and his development of characters. Baldomera would become the metaphor for woman of the time, caught between submission and the search for independence; during this process she rebels, not against men, but essentially against her own body, against herself, clearly showing the double standards of patriarchal society, which seeks a woman's submission with violence. Therefore, «What does Baldomera represent? She is abroken body -split, scarred and suffering-. An example of the obscenity of misery»