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2023-01-01

You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories

You Got to Tell: espacios privados y narradoras públicas en las historias de Grace Paley

You Got to Tell: espaços privados e narradoras públicas nas histórias de Grace Paley

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15446/lthc.v25n1.100650

Palabras clave:

Grace Paley, storytelling, flâneuse, social commitment, female voice (en)
Grace Paley, narração, flâneuse, compromisso social, voz feminina (pt)
Grace Paley, narración, flâneuse, compromiso social, voz femenina (es)

Autores/as

  • Diana Ortega Martín Universidad Complutense de Madrid

The American storyteller Grace Paley (December 11, 1922-August 22, 2007) has been known for her political activism and her ability to construct powerful voices which recollected female, migrant, and urban collective experiences in post-World War II America. In her stories, Paley emphasizes the act of storytelling as a tool for creating a collective shared experience out of individual characters, making the personal and domestic collective and political. In this paper, I will analyze the role of Paley’s most prominent narrator, Faith Darwin, bridging the gap between the private and public urban spheres in three different and evolutive stories: “A Conversation with My Father” (1972), “The Long-Distance Runner” and “Faith in a Tree” (1974). These stories exemplify how Faith uses different strategies in storytelling with the purpose of achieving personal identity and empowerment through communal identification and the recollection of familiar experiences

La narradora estadounidense Grace Paley (11 de diciembre de 1922 - 22 de agosto de 2007) es conocida por su activismo político y su capacidad para construir voces poderosas que recogen las experiencias colectivas femeninas, migrantes y urbanas en los Estados Unidos posteriores a la Segunda Guerra Mundial. En sus relatos, Paley hace hincapié en el acto de contar historias como herramienta para crear una experiencia colectiva compartida a partir de personajes individuales, haciendo de lo personal y doméstico algo colectivo y político. En este artículo, se analizará el papel de la narradora más destacada de Paley, Faith Darwin, estudiando cómo relaciona las esferas urbanas privada y pública en tres historias diferentes y evolutivas: “A Conversation with My Father” (1972), “The Long Distance Runner” y “Faith in a Tree” (1974). Estos relatos ejemplifican cómo Faith utiliza diferentes estrategias en la narración, con el propósito de lograr la identidad personal y el empoderamiento a través de la identificación comunitaria y el recuerdo de experiencias familiares.

A narradora americana Grace Paley (11 de dezembro de 1922 - 22 de agosto de 2007) é conhecida por seu ativismo político e sua capacidade de construir vozes poderosas que capturam as experiências coletivas femininas, migrantes e urbanas na América pós da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Nas suas histórias, Paley enfatiza o ato de contar histórias como um instrumento para criar uma experiência coletiva compartilhada a partir de personagens individuais, tornando o pessoal e doméstico em coletivo e político. Neste artigo, vou analisar o papel da narradora mais proeminente de Paley, Faith Darwin, estabelecendo laços entre a esfera urbana privada e pública em três histórias diferentes e evolutivas: “A Conversation with My Father” (1972), “The Long-Distance Runner” e “Faith in a Tree” (1974). Estas histórias exemplificam como a Faith utiliza diferentes estratégias na narrativa com o objetivo de alcançar a identidade pessoal e o empoderamento através da identificação comunitária e da recordação de experiências familiares.

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Ortega Martín, D. (2023). You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories. Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.15446/lthc.v25n1.100650

ACM

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Ortega Martín, D. 2023. You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories. Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica. 25, 1 (ene. 2023). DOI:https://doi.org/10.15446/lthc.v25n1.100650.

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Ortega Martín, D. You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories. Lit. Teor. Hist. Crít. 2023, 25.

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ORTEGA MARTÍN, D. You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories. Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica, [S. l.], v. 25, n. 1, 2023. DOI: 10.15446/lthc.v25n1.100650. Disponível em: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/lthc/article/view/100650. Acesso em: 20 mar. 2026.

Chicago

Ortega Martín, Diana. 2023. «You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories». Literatura: Teoría, Historia, crítica 25 (1). https://doi.org/10.15446/lthc.v25n1.100650.

Harvard

Ortega Martín, D. (2023) «You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories», Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica, 25(1). doi: 10.15446/lthc.v25n1.100650.

IEEE

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D. Ortega Martín, «You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories», Lit. Teor. Hist. Crít., vol. 25, n.º 1, ene. 2023.

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Ortega Martín, D. «You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories». Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica, vol. 25, n.º 1, enero de 2023, doi:10.15446/lthc.v25n1.100650.

Turabian

Ortega Martín, Diana. «You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories». Literatura: teoría, historia, crítica 25, no. 1 (enero 1, 2023). Accedido marzo 20, 2026. https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/lthc/article/view/100650.

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Ortega Martín D. You Got to Tell: Private Spaces and Public Narrators in Grace Paley’s Stories. Lit. Teor. Hist. Crít. [Internet]. 1 de enero de 2023 [citado 20 de marzo de 2026];25(1). Disponible en: https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/lthc/article/view/100650

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