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Teacher
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MARIANI Enrico
(syllabus)
The course proposes an overview on the literature written in the 20th Century by immigrants or immigrants’ descendants in the U.S.A. The texts tackle the literary representation of the migration from the country of origin and the adjustment in the host country, dealing especially with controversial and multifaceted phenomena such as assimilation (or “melting-pot”) vs cultural pluralism, national identity, ethnic identity, and racial and ethnic discrimination. Moreover, the texts display a variety of perspectives on the migratory dynamics depending on the country of origin and on the perception of their community in the host country. The choice of these texts allows to compare different critical approaches due to their different literary techniques and different genres: autobiography, semi-autobiography, the Modernist novel, the realist novel, and the collective novel in first person plural. Thus, the course analyzes both the linguistic and structural differences and the recurring literary topoi. Some classes may include cinematic representations of migratory phenomena in the U.S.A.
(reference books)
Mary Antin, The Promised Land (1912)
Louis Adamic, Laughing in the Jungle (1932)
Henry Roth, Call it Sleep (1937)
Mario Puzo, The Fortunate Pilgrim (1965)
Julie Otsuka, The Buddha in the Attic (2011)
(qualsiasi edizione, digitale o cartacea)
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Università Roma Tre