Discourse, Power and Misogyny in the Short Story “La bruja” (1955) by Fabián Dobles: a Focus Reading from de Critical Discourse Analysis
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| Natura: | artículo original |
| Status: | Versión publicada |
| Data di pubblicazione: | 2025 |
| Descrizione: | This paper offers a humanist reading of the short story “La Bruja” (1955), by Costa Rican writer Fabián Dobles, through the theoretical framework of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). It considers literature as a discourse that reveals the ethical and social tensions that affect human dignity. Therefore, the study analyzes the discursive strategies employed by Tata Mundo (the story’s narrator) to legitimize violence against women and, specifically, to justify Auristela’s murder. The reading shows that discourse control and the manipulation of social cognitions enable the justification of misogyny as part of Costa Rican social order. Unlike, other interpretations grounded in social realism, this paper contributes a reflection on the discursive function of literature to expose the forms of domination that permeate Costa Rican culture. |
| Stato: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Istituzione: | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| Repositorio: | Portal de Revistas UCR |
| Lingua: | Español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:portal.revistas.ucr.ac.cr:article/4419 |
| Accesso online: | https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/restudios/article/view/4419 |