The Significance of Blurred Gender Roles for the Key Male...

WORLD LITERATURE ASSIGMENT ONE The significance of blurred gender roles for the key male characters in ‘Kitchen’ and ‘Like Water For Chocolate’ Word Count: 1497 Banana Yoshimoto’s novella ‘Kitchen’ and ‘Like Water For Chocolate’ by Laura Esquivel explore the blurring of gender roles through the characterisation of the key male characters, Eriko and Pedro. The obscurity of gender roles is utilised by both authors as a literary tool in the formation of interpersonal relationships with the protagonists of each text. Furthermore both authors employ this blurring in the deconstruction of their respective audience’s societal expectations. Yoshimoto on the conventions of conservative 1980’s Japan, and Esquivel as a 3rd wave feminist writer†¦show more content†¦Ã¢â‚¬ËœWhat an amazing life story!† The casual nonchalant tone of the dialogue between Mikage and Yuichi demonstrates an acceptance of the unconventional, transcending the limitations of normality in Tokyo’s urban setting. Through the employment of caesuras in the form of commas, questioning and quotations, a natural progres sion of conversation is portrayed. The use of colloquial diction creates an insouciant tone. Mikage’s enthusiastic response, underlined through the use of exclamation, and the positive diction, highlights her acceptance of Eriko’s difference. Through Eriko’s blurred gender role, Yoshimoto essentially entreats an acceptance of the unconventional ‘other’ on the conservative Japanese audience. The emasculation of Pedro in Esquivel’s novel deconstructs the prescriptive roles of romance and Mexican society, redefining the patriarchal context in a 3rd wave feminist ambition. Esquivel’s textual construction mirrors the genre of Mexican women’s fiction. Through these codes as a foundation of the novel’s structure, Esquivel parodies the formulaic roles of the feminine, and wages an assault on these constructs, empowering the women of the text. 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