"You" : A Girl amidst Images and Sounds of Adult Violence in Joyce Carol Oates’s "Rape: A Love Story"

  1. Francisco José Cortés Vieco 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Revista:
Atlantis: Revista de la Asociación Española de Estudios Anglo-Norteamericanos

ISSN: 0210-6124

Año de publicación: 2021

Volumen: 43

Número: 2

Páginas: 149-167

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Teena Maguire y su hija Bethie son atacadas y golpeadas por una furiosa manada de jóvenes de noche en un parque. Mientras la madre es violada en grupo y casi asesinada, la hija es testigo y víctima de violencia física y psicológica. A través de su innovadora narración en segunda persona, Rape: A Love Story (2004) confirma el interés de su autora Joyce Carol Oates por las relaciones familiares, la violencia, el crimen y la justicia. No obstante, en lugar de centrarse en la víctima de la violación, Oates escribe un Bildungsroman centrado en el trauma, el estrés postraumático y la lucha por sobrevivir de la hija, una batalla que coincide con el momento crítico de su transición de la niñez a la edad adulta. Durante los meses posteriores a la agresión, la inocencia de Bethie se ve ultrajada en repetidas ocasiones por la intrusión de los atacantes en su vida y la hostilidad de las instituciones de la comunidad de Niagara Falls: policía, escuela, medios de comunicación, sanidad y sistema judicial. Imposibilitada de aferrarse a la infancia o a la protección materna, el hecho de haber presenciado la violación en grupo sufrida por su madre fuerza a Bethie a madurar prematuramente mientras experimenta el amor hacia un hombre por primera vez.

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