LA writers often traveled to Cuba, where most came into contact with Fidel Castro. They were enthusiastic about the victorious ______, and this historical event came to mark the beginning of the LA literary boom.
Cuban Revolution (1959)
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LAL is rooted in myths and oral tradition, but it became uniquely hybridized when it was forced to change because of colonization, adapting to the language and religion of...?
European invaders.
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The LA Boom was political, experimental, confident, filled with magical realism, and worried about modernization. However, the more negative post-Boom writers pushed back against much of what the Boom held dear in what became known as the...?
Boom Backlash.
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Esperanza spends a lot of the novella unhappy with her assigned role in her family, community, and culture. What does she want more than anything else?
a house of her own (freedom to live her own life)
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This folktale shows multiple ______ between individuals, cultures, and worldviews. In the end, the NA gets the better of the priest in a rare example of the oppressed triumphing over the oppressor.
external conflicts
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Alicia’s death is directly caused by a feather pillow dwelling parasite (devil spider!), but indirectly her death is caused by her _______ from others (confined to bed, no female
family or friends).
isolation
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Focused on immigration and remembering culture and heritage, the overall _____ of Diaz’ children’s book is that a person’s home is always with them or influencing them (even when geographically far
away).
Theme
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Pablo Neruda’s work is noted for its vivid poetic language and powerful word choice. In “Full Powers,” what contrasts are established using this
rich imagery?
coming / going water / fire light / dark life / death (most important)
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Judith Ortiz Cofer’s essay focuses on the unfair and damaging stereotypes faced by Latinas, a message inspired by her own embarrassing experience of being serenaded with the song “Maria” from the Broadway musical...?
West Side Story
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Born in the Dominican Republic but has lived in the US since six-years-old; focuses on the many challenges of the immigrant’s life. Known as the Streetwise Scholar.
Junot Diaz
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Born in Chicago, one of seven kids (only girl). Her unique style of prosetry and vignettes has earned her critical acclaim, and recently, President Obama presented her with a National Medal of Arts.
Sandra Cisneros
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Uruguayan writer who penned stories inspired by the jungle before committing suicide in 1937\. Similar to Poe in style and in his life filled with inappropriate relationships and death. He is considered among the greatest LA storytellers of all time.
Horacio Quiroga
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Chilean poet-diplomat and politician (writing under a pen-name), won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971. Wrote sensual poetry inspired by and in the style of Walt Whitman.
Pablo Neruda
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Fled Dominican Republic because father tried to overthrow its dictator. Being caught between cultures is a prevalent theme in this author’s well-known novels like How the García Girls Lost
Their Accents.
Julia Alvarez
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Columbian author of Love in the Time of Cholera beloved for his brand of magical realism (called Gabo). Grew up listening to family tales, eventually becoming a journalist and Noble Prize winner.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Home country of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, one of the most ethnically/linguistically diverse countries in the world with a rich cultural heritage reflecting many influences.
Colombia
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Birthplace of Junot Diaz, a country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the nation of Haiti and is the most visited
destination in the Caribbean.
Dominican Republic
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What basic test (two named female characters...who have a conversation...about something other than a man) is meant to highlight how women are underrepresented in today’s media?
Bechdel Test
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Cukita (the daughter) believes that her mother’s last invention is literally Cukita’s ___________, but symbolically her mother’s last invention is Cukita’s own creativity/writing.
speech for her teachers
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Birthplace of Judith Ortiz Cofer
Puerto Rico
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Birthplace of Sandra cineros
Mexico
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Birthplace of Horacio Quiroga
Uruguay
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Birthplace of Revolution that Launched the Latin Boom
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