Using a theoretical approach she calls feminist deconstruction, with emphasis on the theories of Mikhail Bakhtin, Medeiros-Lichem provides a close critical reading of the works of Teresa de la Parra, Maria Luisa Bombal, Clarice Lispector, ...

These works by international scholars attest to the scope and depth of Valenzuela's work. In 1983 Carlos Fuentes affirmed that Luisa Valenzuela 'is the heiress of Latin American literature.' In 2010 it is clear that Fuentes was not wrong.