The influence of gender and cultural identity in the House on Mango Street and the Brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao

	dc.contributor	Forttes Zalaquett, Catalina
	dc.creator	Rivera González, Francisca
Fecha Ingreso	dc.date.accessioned	2021-10-14T12:15:45Z
Fecha Disponible	dc.date.available	2021-10-14T12:15:45Z
Fecha en Repositorio	dc.date.issued	2021-10-14
Resumen	dc.description	<p>The present research seminar aims to describe the formative process of Latino men and women by comparing two coming-of-age novels, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -2007- by Junot Díaz and The House on Mango Street -1984- by Sandra Cisneros. This paper offers acomparative analysis of both works in order to study how the protagonists of these narratives construct their gender and cultural identity. The objective is to explore how Oscar and Esperanza face their formative process as Latinos in two different diasporic cities. Both characters face thechallenge to piece their ethnicity and cultural inheritance into the puzzle of mainstream society.What kind of adult they want to grow into and what places within contemporary U.S. culture are some common questions in both novels. However, no simple answers are provided. This research will be focused on the construction of gender identity and cultural heritage in their formativeprocess in order to answer these questions</p>
Resumen	dc.description	last modification
Resumen	dc.description	Licenciado en Lengua y Literatura Inglesa
Resumen	dc.description	LICENCIATURA EN LENGUA Y LITERATURA INGLESA
Resumen	dc.description	<p>The present research seminar aims to describe the formative process of Latino men and women by comparing two coming-of-age novels, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao -2007- by Junot Díaz and The House on Mango Street -1984- by Sandra Cisneros. This paper offers acomparative analysis of both works in order to study how the protagonists of these narratives construct their gender and cultural identity. The objective is to explore how Oscar and Esperanza face their formative process as Latinos in two different diasporic cities. Both characters face thechallenge to piece their ethnicity and cultural inheritance into the puzzle of mainstream society.What kind of adult they want to grow into and what places within contemporary U.S. culture are some common questions in both novels. However, no simple answers are provided. This research will be focused on the construction of gender identity and cultural heritage in their formativeprocess in order to answer these questions</p>
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Lenguaje	dc.language	eng
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	dc.source	http://opac.pucv.cl/pucv_txt/txt-3500/UCD3962_01.pdf
Materia	dc.subject	ENSEÑANZA DE LA LITERATURA
Materia	dc.subject	Identidad cultural
Materia	dc.subject	Métodos de enseñanza
Title	dc.title	The influence of gender and cultural identity in the House on Mango Street and the Brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao
Tipo	dc.type	texto