Through the analysis of six Spanish novels, one for each decade from the 1940s through the 1990s, Rodríguez proposes a new concept of the novel of feminine development and emphasizes the importance of the voicing of women's sentiments, passions, desires, and opinions that have not been expressed before in the literature of Spain. The study begins with Nada by Carmen Laforet, and continues with La playa de los locos by Elena Soriano, La plaça del Diamant by Mercè Rodoreda, two stories from Te dejo el mar by Carme Riera, Los perros de Hécate by Carmen Gómez Ojea, and Efectos secundarios by Luisa Etxenike.
| ISBN: | 9781557531643 |
| Publication date: | 31st December 1999 |
| Author: | Maria Pilar Rodriguez |
| Publisher: | Purdue University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 268 pages |
| Series: | Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary studies: general Gender studies: women and girls |