Competing Narrative Discourses: (Fe)Male Fabulation in the Episode of Grisóstomo and Marcela

Gabriele discusses the competing narrative discourses as reflected in the characters portrayed in Cervantes's novel Don Quijote. The novel is a text born of other texts within which texts play an essential role in narrative structure, story, plot, and character development. Throughout Cervantes...

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Published in:Hispanic review 2003-10, Vol.71 (4), p.507-524
Main Author: Gabriele, John P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de (1547-1616)
Feminism
Feminist literary theory
Folktales
Gender
Literary characters
Literary criticism
Mothers
Narrative structure
Narratives
Novels
Sexes
Sheep herding
Source studies
Tales
Writers
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Summary:Gabriele discusses the competing narrative discourses as reflected in the characters portrayed in Cervantes's novel Don Quijote. The novel is a text born of other texts within which texts play an essential role in narrative structure, story, plot, and character development. Throughout Cervantes's novel, it is blatantly obvious that the text and all its characters are conceived, nurtured, and sustained by a fascinating and intriguing combination of inter- and intratextuality.
ISSN:0018-2176
1553-0639
DOI:10.2307/3247019