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Article: The revolutionary empowerment of nature in Gioconda Belli's The Inhabited Woman.(Critical Essay)
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- Mosaic (Winnipeg)
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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By applying Mikhail Bahktin's literary theory to The Inhabited Woman, this essay illustrates the way in which Belli's work empowers nature as a speaking subject and, reflecting the beliefs of Native American cultures, restores the important relationship between human society and the natural world.
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Whether through poetry or narrative, Gioconda Belli has consistently addressed two main (and revolutionary) concerns in her work: the Sandinista struggle for liberation of her native Nicaragua and the feminist effort to gain equal footing with men in a patriarchal society. In addition to these two themes, however, there is a third key element ...