Exploring the self: Angelina Beloff and Frida Khalo,
Dr. Raysa E. Amador,
Autora: Raysa E. Amador, Ph.D.
Chair and Professor, Adelphi University, Garden City, NY Raysa Elena Amador, Professor and Chair of languages and literature at Adelphi University in New York,
Resumen:
The writer of fiction attempts to create images that often coincide with the body. In the case of personal narratives, the image of the body has been transferred to the text to evoke something tangible that re-tells experiences generating new fictions. These narratives give women a social-cultural forum in which they can inscribe their inner experiences. Recent research in autobiographical memory asserts that “memory is the scaffolding upon which all mental life is constructed”