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.