New perspectives on Latin America in Soledad Álvarez’s poems

• Main Authors: Sara Carini, Clara Foppa Pedretti
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Asociación Cultural Impossibilia 2011-10-01
• Series: Impossibilia: Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios
• Subjects: Soledad Álvarez; Santo Domingo; Central America.
• Online Access: http://www.impossibilia.org/static/descargas/numero-2/new-perspectives-latin-american-soledad-alvarez-poems-sara-carini-clara-foppa-pedretti.pdf

The poetry of Soledad Álvarez goes from Vuelo posible, in which reality is investigatedthrough an erotic and sensual use of words to Las estaciones íntimas, in which erotism is shaped into softerwords reflecting the eternal conflict between reason and emotion. The perspective of the female figureemerges in her texts as a means to achieve and redefine the identity of Santo Domingo through a painfuland hard course towards the disclosure of human soul. This article will investigate the new perception ofwords in relation to the new chance of building a Nation’s identity through themes that are not onlyhistorical.