Date of Award
Spring 5-11-2017
Document Type
Honors Project
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Modern Languages and Literatures
First Advisor
Chichester, Ana
Second Advisor
Lewis, Elizabeth
Major or Concentration
Spanish
Abstract
Abstract This paper analyzes the novel Todos se van (2006) by Wendy Guerra as a novel within the subgenre of the Künstlerroman, which explores the development of the young artist. Through the voice of a child and later an adolescent female narrator, the novel represents the disillusionment and suffering of a trapped generation that questions the utopian ideals it has lived. Additionally, I explore images of violence, specifically the mistreatment of children. Violations of human rights appear as specific events that the protagonist and the whole of Cuban society must suffer. Lastly, I connect the characteristics of the novel --such as themes previously banned by the Cuban literary canon before the decade of the 1980s--with the movement known as "los Novísimos" in Cuba.
Recommended Citation
Perez-Castiello, Riska, "Memorias del desencanto: Una lectura de Todos se van de Wendy Guerra" (2017). Student Research Submissions. 144.
https://scholar.umw.edu/student_research/144