Gendered Resistance & Reclamation: Approaches to Postcolonialism Modeled by Female Characters in One Hundred Years of Solitude

• Main Author: Thomson, Jennifer
• Format: Others
• Published: Scholarship @ Claremont 2015
• Subjects: dichotomy; duality; archetype; magical realism; hybrid; Other English Language and Literature
• Online Access: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/654; http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1698&context=scripps_theses

Motivated by the lack of scholarship surrounding female characters in Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, I sought to examine the distinct identities of four female characters. The collapse of dualities and embodiment of hybridity in Ursula, Pilar Ternera, Amaranta, and the Remedios women reveals the hegemonic power structures that are disrupted by these empowered women. The exploration of these women and their relationships to gendered dichotomies points to the potential of their identities in enacting colonial resistance and reclaiming traditional cultural heritage.