Los cuentos de Carmela Eulate Sanjurjo: ¿una intención feminista?
Keywords:
literary realism, Puerto Rican narrative, feminism, women’s writing, unknown storiesAbstract
Carmela Eulate Sanjurjo is considered one of the first Puerto Rican women narrators. Her stories reflect the literary realism characteristics. In most of the stories, the male and female characters adhere to the social stereotypes of the time. However, in some stories there is an attempt to characterize men and women who break with the established molds. Therefore, it is pertinent to analyze whether this representation is sufficient to convey a feminist intention.
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