Fraser, Barbara2007-08-302007-08-3020072007-08-30http://hdl.handle.net/1828/211This thesis examines the representation of social conditions and historical events in Isabel Allende's first novel from a moral perspective. Using David Hume's moral theory, we explore Allende's judgement of the causes of the 1973 Chilean coup d'etat based on her representation of both the event itself and the social conditions surrounding it. The thematic focus of this study is on issues of affectivity and violence in the novel. This thesis is written in Spanish.esAvailable to the World Wide WebIsabel AllendeChile 1973Moral HistoryDavid HumeUVic Subject Index::Humanities and Social Sciences::Literature::Latin American literatureThesis