Transatlantic growth through slavery and freedom in Harriet Beecher Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda's "Sab"
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/1197
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i7.156
ISSN: 1578-3820
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25115/odisea.v0i7.156
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Miquel Baldellou, MartaDate
2006Abstract
This article is meant to be a comparative analysis of the development of the main characters in relation to the dichotomy established between liberty and slavery as presented in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda’s Sab. The aim of this article is to identify the similarities and differences between both novels as regards their main characters (Tom/Sab), their social discourse (abolitionism/ antislavery) or their genre (social novel/romantic novel) so as to highlight the importance of the Cuban writer Gertrudis Gómez de Avellaneda as precursor of the antislavery novel, which eventually gave way to the abolitionist genre represented by Harriet Beecher Stowe’s seminal novel, published some years later. Este artículo es un estudio comparativo del crecimiento de los personajes principales en relación a la dicotomía entre libertad y esclavitud desarrollada en la novela La cabaña del tío Tom de la escritora norteamericana Harriet Beecher Stowe y la nov...
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Transatlanticism
Coming of age
Antislavery and abolitionist discourses
Religion
Education
Social discourse
Sentimentality
Slavery and women’s situation
Transatlanticismo
Crecimiento
Discurso antiesclavista y abolicionista
Religión
Educación
Discurso social
Sentimentalismo
Esclavismo y situación de la mujer