The representation of women as a cultural historical subject in two literary works

No me agarran viva, by Claribel Alegría and Darwin J. Flakoll; and La mujer habitada, by Gioconda Belli

Abstract

In Nicaragua and El Salvador, the revolutions of the 1970s and 1980s put an end to the era of military dictatorships, women redefine their political identity through revolutionary participation. Gioconda Belli reflected Sandinismo in her works, and in La mujer habitada (1998) marks the role of the Nicaraguan women during the revolution. In the same way, Claribel Alegría represented the Salvadoran revolutionary woman in her testimonial novel No me agarran viva (1983). The purpose of this work is to demonstrate how the authors rewrite history to vindicate women as historical subjects in Nicaragua and El Salvador.