Zorro, a novel of quasi-romance structure, has been written by Chilean writer Isabel Allende in 2005. Towards a Mestizaj Identity: A Post-colonial Reading of Isabelĭepartment of English Language and Literature, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran Procedía - Social and Behavioral Sciences 208 (2015) 182 - 196ģrd International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture (ICLLIC 2014) 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. Within the postcolonial context, however, her fiction can be interpreted from quiet different perspectives. 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.

Abstract of research paper on Languages and literature, author of scientific article - Tahereh Zamani Behabadi

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