Talking Back to El Jefe: Genre, Polyphony, and Dialogic Resistance in Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of Butterflies

Talking Back to El Jefe: Genre, Polyphony, and Dialogic Resistance in Julia Alvarez’s In the Time of Butterflies

Dominican American author Julia Alvarez's novel "In the Time of the Butterflies" is based upon the well-known Dominican story of the Mirabal sisters. Rich discusses how this novel coincides strongly with Mikhail Bakhtin's discussions of the generic characteristics, polyphonic dis...

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Veröffentlicht in:Melus 2002-12, Vol.27 (4), p.165-182
1. Verfasser: Rich, Charlotte
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Alvarez, Julia
Alvarez, Julia (1950- )
American literature
Authorial voice
Authorship
Bakhtin, Mikhail
Bakhtin, Mikhail Mikhailovich (1895-1975)
Criticism and interpretation
Dialogism
Dictators
Dictatorship
Dominican Americans
Feminism
Government, Resistance to
Hispanic American authors
Literary criticism
Literary themes
Narration (Rhetoric)
Narratives
Novels
Philosophers
Polyphony
Portrayals
Prisons
Russian literature
Sisters
Writers
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Zusammenfassung:Dominican American author Julia Alvarez's novel "In the Time of the Butterflies" is based upon the well-known Dominican story of the Mirabal sisters. Rich discusses how this novel coincides strongly with Mikhail Bakhtin's discussions of the generic characteristics, polyphonic discourse, and dialogism of the novel.
ISSN:0163-755X
1946-3170
DOI:10.2307/3250626