Rosario Ferré has become the "translator" of the reality of Puerto Rican women, opening the doors for the feminist movement on the island. By combining classical mythology with indigenous folkt...
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In the following essay, Vélez details the narrative structure of Ferré's story "Sleeping Beauty" to demonstrate how the protagonist undermines patriarchal authority,...
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In the following essay, adapted by the author from a speech, Ferré discusses her personal motivations for writing fiction. Ferré states: "Writing is for me above all a physical kn...
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In the following interview, which took place in 1991, Ferré discusses her background and fiction, particularly her stories.
In 1974, Puerto Rican artist Francisco Rodón displayed a po...
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In the following essay, Franco comments briefly on the themes connecting Ferré's stories in Papales de Pandora.
In her essay "The Writer's Kitchen," Rosario Ferr&...
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In the brief essay that follows, Ferré details her rationale for the story "When Women Love Men." The author asserts "'When Women Love Men,' in short, is a st...
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In the essay below, Rivera discusses the significance of the doll motif in Ferré's short story collection Papales de Pandora, concluding that "Ferré seems to warn her reade...
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In the following essay, Zee examines the abundant "indigenous cultural and mythological references and allusions" in Ferré's story "La muñeca menor."
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Below, Glenn offers an informative analysis of Ferré's short story "Sleeping Beauty," focusing in particular on the author's methods for conveying her message of soc...
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In the following essay, Franco provides a brief thematic overview of the stories in Papeles de Pandora.
In her essay “The Writer's Kitchen,” Rosario Ferré asserts that i...
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In the following review, Stavans discusses The House on the Lagoon in the context of contemporary Puerto Rican literature, highlighting its less than enthusiastic reception by English-speaking readers...
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In the following review of The House on the Lagoon, Grossman discusses the plot, major characters, and underlying message of the novel, concluding that “The House on the Lagoon gives us a perfo...
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In the following review, Friedman unfavorably compares The House on the Lagoon with Isabel Allende's The House of the Spirits.
The House on the Lagoon is an attempt at a Puerto Rican House o...
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In the following essay, Glenn concentrates on the form and structure of “Sleeping Beauty,” highlighting the function of its fragmented narrative and the play between texts and countertex...
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In the following review, Stavans characterizes The House on the Lagoon in the magic realism mode of Latin-American literature, but also praises Ferré's efforts to make her fictional worl...
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In the following review, Childress offers qualified praise for Eccentric Neighborhoods, admiring the tone and style of the novel but faulting the characterization and the quantity of individual story ...
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In the following review, Hintz addresses the principal purpose of El coloquio de las perras.
Rosario Ferré's most recent book, El coloquio de las perras, is a collection of eight essa...
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In the following review, Hart compares the narrative modes of The Youngest Doll and Sandra Cisneros's Woman Hollering Creek, highlighting the authors's thematic similarities.
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In the following interview, originally conducted in June, 1991, Ferré discusses her personal background and the nature of her writings, touching on such concerns as the advantages and difficult...
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In the following essay, Rivera discusses various uses of the doll motif in the stories and poems of Papeles de Pandora, particularly as a means of defense against patriarchal elements for female chara...
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In the following essay, Zee elucidates the references and allusions to indigenous Caribbean cultural and mythological traditions in “La muneca menor.”
There have been numerous studies...
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In the following essay, a revised version of a study published originally in Spanish in Gascón Vera's Un mito nuevo: La mujer como sujeto/objeto literario (Madrid: Editorial Pliegos, 199...
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In the following review, Ruta comments on the style, structure, and characterization of The House on the Lagoon.
“We have not given your island a single thought, and I have no information wh...
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In the essay below, Skinner traces Ferré's literary development in her narrative works, focusing on her essay “La cocina de la escrita,” her short story “La muneca m...
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Rosario Ferre
Critical Essay by Diana L. Velez
