The Multiple other in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God

Simona Lozovschi

doi:10.1515/genst-2016-0009

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The Multiple other in Ana Castillo’s So Far from God

Gender Studies

Volume 14 (2015): Issue 1 (December 2015)

By: Simona Lozovschi

Open Access

|Feb 2016

Abstract

The present paper aims at familiarizing readers with Ana Castillo’s reshaping of traditional female archetypes in her novel So Far from God. Not only does she remodel and enrich them, she also incorporates them into modern, contemporary life. In addition, all the female characters in the novel are drawn together towards Sofia, the all-encompassing self, the multiple Other.

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