COD 2014 - G733
Cultural Programme - Reading Breakfasts: "Revisiting Masculinity in Junot Diaz's Fiction"
Literature lovers
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sessions, start: 05-Jul
The course chosen does not allow any new enrolment
Course detail
Year: 2014
Level: General
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Mr. Daniel Ferreyra Fernández
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Exams Schools
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Non affiliate
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Sessions
| Sessions | Dates | Start | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 05 July 2014 | 09:00 am | 12:00 pm |
Facilitator/s
Daniel Ferreyra Fernández
Literature lovers
- To share the joys of reading some short stories by Junot Diaz, one of the most representative writers of so-called "migrant literature".
- To discuss and exchange ideas on the short stories.
- To build strategies that will enable the participants to take an active role making sense of texts that deal with the "migrant experience", and some of the key concepts associated with this experience, such as displacement, in-betweenness, hybridity, mimicry, among others.
- To discuss and exchange ideas on the short stories.
- To build strategies that will enable the participants to take an active role making sense of texts that deal with the "migrant experience", and some of the key concepts associated with this experience, such as displacement, in-betweenness, hybridity, mimicry, among others.
Considered one of the leading young voices of contemporary literature in English, Junot Diaz is a Dominican-American writer born in 1968. Central to Diaz’s fiction is the so-called "migrant experience", which often focuses on the experience of emigration and immigration, the sense of rootlessness and unbelonging in a foreign land, the cultural displacement caused by migration, racism and hostility, among others. The short stories in his collections Drown (1996) and This Is How You Lose Her (2012) revolve around the search for identity in a country not one's own, the construction of subjectivity and masculinity in the face of social and cultural pressure, gender as a network of power relationships, faithlessness and love, and the plight of fatherless sons. About himself, Junot Diaz has said: "My African roots made me who I am today. Without them, I wouldn't exist…I am an immigrant, and I will stay an immigrant all my life".
- Presentation of an integrated approach to the texts.
- Guided group reflection and exchange of ideas on the texts.
- Discussion of key concepts associated with migrant literature and the migrant experience to shed light on the texts.
- Reading of key sections of the short stories to raise awareness of the narrative strategies used by the author.
- Guided group reflection and exchange of ideas on the texts.
- Discussion of key concepts associated with migrant literature and the migrant experience to shed light on the texts.
- Reading of key sections of the short stories to raise awareness of the narrative strategies used by the author.
A selection of short stories from:
- Diaz, Junot. (1996). Drown. New York: Riverhead.
- Diaz, Junot. (2012). This is how you lose her. New York: Riverhead.
- Diaz, Junot. (1996). Drown. New York: Riverhead.
- Diaz, Junot. (2012). This is how you lose her. New York: Riverhead.