LA REINVENCIÓN DEL IDIOMA: MULTILINGÜISMO E INTERCULTURALIDAD EN SANDRA CISNEROS
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https://doi.org/10.24310/Entreculturasertci.vi9.11260Keywords:
Sandra Cisneros, Chicano literature, Code-switching, Multilingualism, Identity constructionAbstract
This article focuses on multilingualism in the works of Chicana author Sandra Cisneros and therefore examines the different levels at which Spanish appears in The House on Mango Street (1984), Woman Hollering Creek (1991), and Caramelo or Puro Cuento (2002). We then see an important evolution: in the first work Spanish is almost absent, while in the last novel, Spanish is much more visible. Caramelo is characterized by code-switching and a great variety of strategies of selftranslation. This linguistic evolution reflects the difficult identity construction in the works of an author who lives between two cultures.
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