Through Their Eyes: Marginality in the Works of Elena Poniatowska, Silvia Molina and Rosa Nissán

ISBN-10: 303911199X
ISBN-13: 9783039111992
Series: Through Their Eyes
Category: Marginality, Social, in literature
Pages: 224
Language: English
Published: 2007
Publisher: Peter Lang
Authors: Nathanial Gardner, Nathanial Eli Gardner

Description

Even though Elena Poniatowska is considered to be one of the most important female writers in present-day Mexico, few book-length studies have been dedicated to her work. This book focuses on the writings of Elena Poniatowska and also on the work of her former students Silvia Molina and Rosa Nissán. A brief history of the literary workshop that links the three together is also provided. Although the three writers are quite different in several respects, they share one common element that is central to their writings: the depiction of marginal members of society. With reference to Subaltern Studies this study analyses how the subaltern is represented in the works of each writer.