The construction of women and the situation of exile in Aves exóticas by Reina Roffé

Abstract

This article analyze the construction of a different style of woman in the stories compiled in the book´s Reina Roffé Aves Exóticas (2004). The female characters that appear are crossed by different ways of exile, as the political exile caused by military dictatorships. It is also interesting as, in the second edition of Aves, Roffé raises a new reading of the play Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

Keywords

• mujeres
• exilios
• silencio
• invisibilidad
• madre
• criaturas.