Manuel Puig
In Kiss of the Spider Woman, written by Manuel Puig, two men with completely different personalities share a cell together. Molina is a gay man who is practically portrayed as a woman, and loves retelling the fantasy and romance of several movies. On the other hand, Valentin is a fierce revolutionary with an attitude, who constantly reminisces of a woman he once left before. Although, the character's and overall content of the book seem quite compelling. Puig’s conventions, narration, and specific structure and main purpose of writing a novel is far more eye catching. In Kiss Of The Spider Woman, Puig conforms to and deviates from the conventions of a novel written in 1976 in order to provide his audience with insight of structure , narration,
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Puigs unique writing style makes the novel far more compelling and more eye catching, but some may say that the narration of the novel is quite confusing to read. However, the fact that there is no narration within the novel, only makes Puig’s writing style more unique and stronger to the reader. Within the novel, there is no third person narration, and the dialogue between Valentin and Molina is different from dialogue used between character's in other novels. Instead of using quotations when there is dialogue between two characters , Puig just so happens to use dashes every time there is dialogue. When a character just finishes speaking in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Puig also does not mention who had stated what. For example the novel states,”-I can clean you up, don’t worry about it. You just relax”(Puig 141). This makes it difficult for the reader to understand who is speaking at the moment, and may cause them to re-read, due to confusion. However, Puig’s specific dialogue structure definitely highlights the brilliance of his writing style. Although, the dialogue within Puig’s novel may be difficult to read at first. It proves that Puig’s main purpose for the narration and writing style of his novel is to give the readers a better perspective on the character's and to give the reader a new style of
Puigs unique writing style makes the novel far more compelling and more eye catching, but some may say that the narration of the novel is quite confusing to read. However, the fact that there is no narration within the novel, only makes Puig’s writing style more unique and stronger to the reader. Within the novel, there is no third person narration, and the dialogue between Valentin and Molina is different from dialogue used between character's in other novels. Instead of using quotations when there is dialogue between two characters , Puig just so happens to use dashes every time there is dialogue. When a character just finishes speaking in Kiss of the Spider Woman, Puig also does not mention who had stated what. For example the novel states,”-I can clean you up, don’t worry about it. You just relax”(Puig 141). This makes it difficult for the reader to understand who is speaking at the moment, and may cause them to re-read, due to confusion. However, Puig’s specific dialogue structure definitely highlights the brilliance of his writing style. Although, the dialogue within Puig’s novel may be difficult to read at first. It proves that Puig’s main purpose for the narration and writing style of his novel is to give the readers a better perspective on the character's and to give the reader a new style of