Journal | Rassegna iberistica
Journal issue | 45 | 118 | 2022
Research Article | The Debunked Stereotypes: On “La densidad de las palabras” by Luisa Valenzuela

The Debunked Stereotypes: On “La densidad de las palabras” by Luisa Valenzuela

Abstract
In “La densidad de las palabras”, as in all the stories that make up the section “Cuentos de Hades” – which is part of the collection entitled Simetrías –, Luisa Valenzuela builds her plot starting from tha t of a well-known fairy tale by Perrault. The Argentine novelist, while reproducing almost faithfully the facts of the French author’s text, proposes them from a different perspective, obtaining the effect of reversing their meaning and message, in order to highlight and overcome the strict gender stereotypes that the traditional story transmits.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Submitted: March 22, 2022 | Accepted: Sept. 23, 2022 | Published Dec. 16, 2022 | Language: it

Keywords Luisa ValenzuelaFairy taleNarrativa femminileStereotypesWomen’s fictionGenderStereotipiGenereFiaba


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