Jesús Leticia Mendoza Pérez
Pages 133-155
DOI: 10.5840/cultura20096125
ABSTRACT
This article is part of a wider investigation about the married woman representation in three of the stories included in Family Album (Álbum de familia) of Rosario Castellanos, which have the same characteristics: the author, the narrator and the main character are women. The purpose of this work is analyze the story “Lesson of cooking” (“Lección de cocina”) based on Roman Ingarden’s literary theory -mainly from the “phonic material” stratus- to search through the linguistic formations the artistic and aesthetic values, and then, to interpret the fictitious world of Mexican married women. Literature is one of the best ways to understand reality.