Sumários

Junot Diaz, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao.

20 Abril 2020, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Presentation on Dominican culture and Dominican-American diaspora. Blending of high and low culture: Derek Walcott's epigraph and "The Fantastic Four" - see annotated Oscar Wao:  http://northamericandiasporalit.blogspot.com/2012/11/oscar-wao-anotado.html

Overall discussion of first impressions.
Class presentation on the book and comparison with the movie The Milk of Sorrow by Claudia Llosa.

Class by zoom: Katherine Vaz, "The Mandarin Question".

15 Abril 2020, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Feedback on creative writing exercises.

Portuguese-American diaspora and literature (powerpoint presentation in the e-learning platform).
Katherine Vaz, "The Mandarin Question." Class presentation: comparison with Sandra Cisneros' The House in Mango Street.

Class by zoom. Creative writing workshop (peer collaboration)

6 Abril 2020, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Zoom-class with feeback on creative writing pieces by students, according to the model defined in the form in the e-learning platform.

Doubts about final project. Creative Writing Workshop.

1 Abril 2020, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Instructions for creative writing and assignment in the e-learning platform.

Distance class via zoom: Carmen Maria Machado, "The Husband Stitch."

30 Março 2020, 12:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Reading of Javier Zamora, "My Monsters."

Discussion of Carmen Maria Machado's "The Husband Stitch" - relation with her other work and with her diffuse ethnic ancestry (3rd generation Cuban and Austrian).
Storytelling and patriarchal discourse.
Instructions for creative writing workshop.