Between Antagonism and Continuities
The Crisis of Values in the Narrative of Rosario Castellanos
Abstract
The power fight is an incessant topic in Rosario Castellanos’s narrative; here we consider it within the framework of the moral values of his time and society in Mexico (los Altos de Chiapas, 1935-45). The implicit axiological crisis permits us identify problems as: the rights to express the sexuality, the existence of a moral hierarchy inside the diverse social groups, and the complexities to interact between people who live in city and indigenous people. The latency of a social problem it’s a starting point for the narrator to investigate the techniques used by the characters to preserve and/or deal their rights.
Submitted: Jan. 24, 2019 | Accepted: April 5, 2019 | Published June 19, 2020 | Language: es
Keywords Rosario Castellanos • | Rosario Castellanos • Narrativa chiapaneca • Woman and Sexuality • Mexican narrative • Mujer y sexualidad • Axiological crisis • Narrativa mexicana • Power and cacicazgo • Crisis axiológica
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Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/Ri/2037-6588/2020/14/004