Los roles de género en la literatura infantil ecuatoriana en el siglo XXI

Abstract

Abstract: This thesis presents a gender focused analysis about short stories written by Ecuadorian authors who have been awarded during the XXI century. In this ambit the analysis is focused mainly in the construction of gender roles. One of the questions to be answered in the research is if those selected children's stories recreate the traditional gender roles from Ecuadorian society. The results of this study prove that there are stories that do not replicate the traditional gender roles and show a construction of characters that break the stereotypes socially accepted for both women and men. This is good news because children's stories are becoming a tool for the construction of an equal society for women and men alike.