![]() Elaborating on certain critical concepts from post-colonialism, particularly Homi Bhabha's theory of hybridity and the transculturation proposed by Fernando Ortiz and Angel Rama, the present article explores the process by which Allende creeps through the mist of clashing voices and opposing means of representation to form her ideal model both in character and in writing mode: a transcultural phenomena that ends at a negating negotiability in its especial form of characterization. ![]() «He creado un Zorro de corazón romántico y naturaleza divertida. Within the postcolonial context, however, her fiction can be interpreted from quiet different perspectives. Isabel Allende rescata la figura del héroe y, con ironía y humanidad, le da vida más allá de la leyenda. Isabel Allende rescata la figura del héroe, una «mezcla de Robin Hood, Peter Pan y Che Guevara, pero sin tragedias», según palabras de la autora, y, con ironía y humanidad, le da vida más allá de la leyenda. ![]() Being mostly analyzed within the framework of Feminism, gender-related issues, or socio-political approaches, Isabel Allende, therefore, has been regarded by literary critics as a politically exiled woman writer who seeks to portray a range of female characters who are caught inside a patriarchal socio-cultural context, seek to free themselves, and search for self-recognition. She is a cousin of Salvador Allende, Chile's first socialist president who was assassinated during the 1973 military coup d’état. ![]() Zorro, a novel of quasi-romance structure, has been written by Chilean writer Isabel Allende in 2005. ![]()
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