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Commuters, Wanderers, And 'International Mongrels': Resistance And Possibility In Post-Immigrant Literature, Leslie Singel
Commuters, Wanderers, And 'International Mongrels': Resistance And Possibility In Post-Immigrant Literature, Leslie Singel
Theses and Dissertations
The recognizable motifs of the immigrant tale have been upended, as the traditional
narrative has been adapted to capture the multitude of directions, individuals, nations, and paths
of the twenty-first century migrant. In four chapters, I examine selected works from the authors
Colum McCann, Junot Díaz, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie to argue for a new
designation, “post-immigrant literature.” Post-immigrant literature treats critically the themes of
loss, regret, and forced assimilation from perspectives shaped by post-colonial, post-modern and
post-identity politics thinking. Rather than narratives stressing the limitations imposed by
deterministic social forces, post-immigrant texts posit more agency, and anxiety, …
Frida's Daughter, Myrta Vida
Frida's Daughter, Myrta Vida
Theses
The purpose of my creative writing is to highlight a group of U.S. citizens still woefully underrepresented in literature proper: the Latinx middle class. I’m keenly interested in exploring Puerto Rican and first- and second-generation Latinx immigrant stories. Even though some of the experiences from these groups have been elegantly visited by writers such as Giannina Braschi, Sandra Cisneros, Junot Diaz, Julia Alvarez, and others, there are nuances to the Latinx middle class experience that are yet to be uncovered. Being stuck in the cultural, linguistic, socio-economic, and political middles in a country that has recently taken a largely nationalist …