Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Dissertations Graduate College 6-2016 Panorama Novelístico de Escritoras Ecuatorianas en el Siglo XXI Karina Ortiz-Pacheco Western Michigan University Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations Part of the Spanish and Portuguese Language and Literature Commons Recommended Citation Ortiz-Pacheco, Karina, "Panorama Novelístico de Escritoras Ecuatorianas en el Siglo XXI" (2016). Dissertations. 1604. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/1604 This Dissertation-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. PANORAMA NOVELÍSTICO DE ESCRITORAS ECUATORIANAS EN EL SIGLO XXI by Karina Ortiz-Pacheco A dissertation submitted to the Graduate College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy Spanish Western Michigan University June 2016 Doctoral Committee: Irma López, Ph.D., Chair Michael Millar, Ph.D. Patricia Montilla, Ph.D. Gabriela Polit, Ph.D. PANORAMA NOVELÍSTICO DE ESCRITORAS ECUATORIANAS EN EL SIGLO XXI Karina Ortiz-Pacheco, Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2016 During the last three decades the literary production of women writers in Ecuador has been increasing considerably. Even with this growing number of novels, the academic community has taken a minimal interest in this new fiction. Existing research has only briefly mentioned the works of female Ecuadorian writers. In response to this lack of academic research, my dissertation examines the novels written by female Ecuadorian writers in the twenty-first century.