America’s Next Literary FoilDeconstructing the Orientalized Body of the Other in Miranda Kenneally’s Coming up for Air (2017)

  1. Rocío Riestra-Camacho 1
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Revista:
Babel A.F.I.A.L.: Aspectos de filología inglesa y alemana

ISSN: 1132-7332

Año de publicación: 2018

Número: 27

Páginas: 167-180

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

El objetivo de este artículo es examinar el Orientalismo como mecanismo literario de caracterización en la novela juvenil deportiva contemporánea norteamericana Coming Up for Air (2017), escrita por Miranda Kenneally. En ella se relata la transición de Maggie King a una universidad deportiva de natación en los Estados Unidos. El análisis se centrará, sin embargo, en Roxy Coulter, el personaje antagónico de Maggie. Dada su presentación como personaje exótico y erotizado, Roxy representa al personaje a través del cual se puede rastrear la presencia del motivo orientalista en la literatura actual juvenil. En ella, el público lector busca sentirse identificado con el protagonista y la alterización del resto de personajes puede contribuir a ello. De tal manera, se tratará de demostrar que la caracterización de la antagonista como personaje contrapunto y orientalizado supone un panorama de identificación pro-estadounidense basado en una codificación nacionalista, etnocéntrica y de género

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