Kommentar |
Born in Haiti in 1969, Danticat, who emigrated to the United States at age twelve, has become one of the most important new literary voices in America, taking up immigrant identity, national identity, women in Haitian and American society, cultural integration and its consequences, poverty, totalitarianism, and terror. This course will cover a representative selection of her works:
Breath, Eyes, Memory (1994) Novel
Krik? Krak! (1996) Stories
Brother, I’m Dying (2007) Memoir/Social Criticism
The Dew Breaker (2004) Novel in Stories
Claire of the Sea Light (2013) Novel
Recommended, but not required: The Farming of Bones (1998), a novel, and Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work (2010), an essay collection. |