Dergiler / Litera: Dil Edebiyat ve Kültür Araştırmaları Dergisi / 2017 / Cilt: 27 Sayı: 2
Sınırlar Ötesinde Yuva Düşlemek: Sandra Cisneros’un “Çığırtkan Kadınlar” Öyküsündeki Bireyselleşme Yolculuğu
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1980’lerden itibaren Latin Amerika kökenli Amerikalı kadın yazarların ortaya koyduğu
Abstract
Since the 1980s, the literary and theoretical output of American women writers ofLatin-American heritage has offered an alternative reading of feminist literary tradition.Sandra Cisneros is probably one of the foremost figures within the American contextof “Border Literature” and “Borders Studies” proper. This article firstly outlines theparameters, theorems and prominent figures of Border Studies, and then examinesCisneros’ short story “Woman Hollering Creek” which deconstructs the dualisticmode of thinking in terms of first world vs. third world dichotomy, and defies variousthematic and structural borders. The story is also a parody of the Mexican populargenres of telenovella (soap opera) and fotonovella (photo novel), and offers a newform of identity formation through the female protagonist’s quest for finding her ownvoice and subjectivity outside the prescribed gender roles attuned to the patriarchaldiscourse proposed in the aforementioned popular genres. Hence, this article offers aclose reading of the story’s narrative strategies on a linguistic and semantic level as theyinform its thematic concerns.