Sumários

9 Março 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Continuation of the analysis and discussion of Miné Okubo's Citizen 13660.

Mary Louise Pratt's "contact zone" and the genre of "autoethnography."

First class presentation.

4 Março 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Miné Okubo and the contextualization of Citizen 13660 - info on moodle.

Reading and image analysis - lessons from "multimodal (discourse) analysis" - see moodle and blog prompt: https://northamericandiasporalit.blogspot.com/2026/03/hw-for-march-4-how-to-read-text-with.html

Class discussion.

2 Março 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Concluding the discussion of "Symbols and Signs" by Vladimir Nabokov.

Introduction to the East Asian Diaspora - documentary "Home from the Eastern Sea."

Introduction to multimodal analysis - see moodle.

25 Fevereiro 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Conclusion of analysis of "Silence" by Bulosan.

Introduction to Vladimir Nabokov and discussion of "Symbols and Signs."

Close-reading in focus groups.

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23 Fevereiro 2026, 17:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Continuation of last lesson, and Ruben Darío, "Edgar Allan Poe".

Discussion of Bulosan (194?), “Silence” in light of Mukherjee, “Immigrant Writing” (1987).