Abstract
In the novel Una holandesa en América (A Dutchwoman in America), Soledad Acosta (1833-1913, Bogota, Colombia) traces the journey of a young woman, Lucía, to America. Acosta uses literary models such as the Bildungsroman and the chronicles of European travelers to explore women’s place in society of her time and the question of European modernity against American “barbarism” in the context of national construction. As most of the speeches around this topic are from men, Acosta offers a different point of view in the debate and puts into question-established ideas.
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Lopez, Laura
(2017)
"The feminine characters in Soledad Acosta’s Una holandesa en América and the construction of a new national model,"
Nomenclatura: aproximaciones a los estudios hispánicos: Vol. 5, Article 2.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.13023/naeh.2017.02
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