Identificación y análisis narratológico de los personajes femeninos en la obra de Edna Iturralde Lágrimas de ángeles y María Fernanda Heredia Yo nunca digo adiós

Abstract

This research work has as main objective the "Analysis of the female characters" in two literary works of Ecuadorian writers: Lágrimas de ángeles by Edna Iturralde and Yo nunca digo adiós by María Fernanda Heredia. It was determined and paid special attention on the position of the female characters in the mentioned novels. This peculiarity is due to how in our country women is mistreated. This research was focused on identifying the female characters and the roles they represent and, on this way it was possible to analyze how the narrative voices of Ecuadorian children's literature represents feminine. For the analysis of literary works, the methodology of the technique was applied from narratology, from textual marks, analyze the roles and characteristics of women characters in both appearance and action discursive and narrative function. To do this analysis, I could classify those marks that reinforce or break gender roles; power relations that exist between male and female characters, reflecting Ecuadorian society and its potential influence on future development through the younger generation was also identified.