Orality and writing in Eva Luna by Isabel Allende: allusion to the transition of women between silence and voice

Abstract

This work analyzed Eva Luna (2010), written by Isabel Allende, in order to understand the relationship between the experiences of the protagonist-narrator and the path of Western women between silence and voice. In regards to the silencing of women since the democratization of writing, the studies of Ria Lemaire (1994) were essential. The contribution of access to writing and literature to women’s resistance front patriarchy was evidenced, mainly through the perspective of Lúcia Osana Zolin (2005). Resulted that the novel in question alludes to obtaining women’s rights from literacy.