MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES IN CONSTRUCTING CHICANA IDENTITY IN SANDRA CISNEROS’ SHORT STORIES
MYTHOLOGICAL FIGURES IN CONSTRUCTING CHICANA IDENTITY IN SANDRA CISNEROS’ SHORT STORIES
Author(s): Amelia NanSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: women writers; mythology; La Llorona; La Malinche; Sandra Cisneros; love; betrayal.
Summary/Abstract: “Mythological Figures in Constructing Chicana Identity in Sandra Cisneros’ Short Stories”. Mexican-American writer Sandra Cisneros turns to the mythical-historical figure of La Malinche and La Llorona processing, reinterpreting and adding to the valences of the two mythological figures in order to rebuilt and reassert Chicana identity. The aim of this study is to investigate the way in which Sandra Cisneros remodels and reinterprets the essence of two of the most prominent mythological female figures drawn directly from the Hispanic heritage of Mexican American culture in two of her short stories, Little Miracles, Kept Promises and Woman Hollering Creek, where use of mythological figures for redefining identity is most visible.
Journal: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai - Philologia
- Issue Year: 56/2011
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 113-122
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English