Global Journal of Human Social Science, G: Linguistics and Education, Volume 22 Issue 4

© 2022. Eveng Cécile Carolline. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. Re-Semantization and Empowerment of Female Spaces in Como Agua Para Chocolate and Comment Cuisiner Son Mari À L’africaine By Eveng Cécile Carolline University of Maroua Abstract- In recent years, feminist literature has promoted a redefinition of the spaces once attributed to women by patriarchal society. Mexican and Cameroonian writers give new meaning to feminine spaces in their novels. Laura Esquivel and Calixthe Beyala through their female characters reclaim certain spaces. In concert with the thought of Virginia Woolf (1992), these writers transform the spaces to make them « a room of their own » for female empowerment. In this Work, we demonstrate how the protagonists of Como agua para chocolate and Comment cuisine son mari à l’africaine, resemantize their spaces thus upsetting the socio-cultural establishment by conceding a new sense of freedom, intimacy, self-determination and empowerment to female spaces. Keywords: feminine spaces, feminism, empowerment, patriarchy, woman. GJHSS-G Classification: DDC Code: 401.43 LCC Code: P325 ReSemantizationandEmpowermentofFemaleSpacesinComoAguaParaChocolateandCommentCuisinerSonMariLafricaine Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: G Linguistics & Education Volume 22 Issue 4 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: