Each is representative of a different literary generation, and as the definition of femininity changes according to the role of women in different historical contexts, it is natural that they respond in different ways to the question of the existence of women’s literature. This chapter analyses their response to the question of the existence (or not) of ‘women’s writing’. Matute, Montero, and Etxebarria on Women’s WritingĬhapter 3 examined the effect on Matute, Montero, and Etxebarria of the increasing commercialization of the literary market, and the gender bias evident in the commodification of the female writer.
