Theses and Dissertations
Date of Award
12-2022
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Creative Writing
First Advisor
Dr. Elvia Ardalani
Second Advisor
Dr. Gabriel Gonzalez Nunez
Third Advisor
Dr. Cathryn Merla-Watson
Abstract
INTENSA: WRITINGS IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH FROM A MEXICAN FEMINIST is a bilingual work written in hybrid literature. The writings, in both English and Spanish, are free prose poetry and tell the story of its narrator through a feminist and immigrant point of view coming from a overwhelmingly majority catholic country, religion that does not view men and women as equals. The thesis details the narrator's life through a feminist point of view as well as her relationship with her mother, her personal relationships, what it means to be an immigrant and what it is like for her, and many women, to live in a patriarchal society. The poems are originally written in Spanish and translated to English by the author in an attempt to embrace the bilingualism and fusion of cultures she experiences in her daily life.
Recommended Citation
Reyna Melendez, Nubia Sarahi, "Intensa: Writings in English and Spanish from a Feminist Immigrant" (2022). Theses and Dissertations. 1175.
https://scholarworks.utrgv.edu/etd/1175
Included in
Creative Writing Commons, English Language and Literature Commons, Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Commons
Comments
Copyright 2022 Nubia Sarahi Reyna Melendez. All Rights Reserved.
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