Representation of women in the poetic and narrative work of Joseba Sarrionandia, between 1981 and 2001

Abstract

This article analyses how women are represented in the poetic and narrative work of Joseba Sarrionandia, focusing the analysis in the period that goes from the publication of his poetry book Izuen gordelekuetan barrena (In the Recesses of Fear) in 1981, to the publi- cation of his novel Lagun izoztua (The Frozen Friend) in 2001. The analysis will deal with the development that the representation of women has undergone in the work of Sarrionandia, concluding that, up to Lagun izoztua, all women characters in his oeuvre correspond to ste- reotypical representations.