Exploring Identity and Cultural Transformation in 'Coser y Cantar' by Ilan Stavans - Prof., Apuntes de Literatura inglesa

¡Descarga Exploring Identity and Cultural Transformation in 'Coser y Cantar' by Ilan Stavans - Prof. y más Apuntes en PDF de Literatura inglesa solo en Docsity!   US LITERATURE  FIRST SEMESTER 2019  PROFESOR: NOMBRE DEL PROFESOR  no_reply@example.com    Coser y cantar  Hegemony → depending on the country of procedence of the immigrant (capital city) they  will be better seen than others.  Stage: its splitted in two parts, one for the cuban identity and other for the american. The  american part wants to eat out the other but the cuban wants to still be in touch with her  ancestry and cuban culture.  language: its almost used as a third character. Depending in which language she speaks  she is more rational (english) or passionate (spanish). But in some point both excgange the  languages.  Diglossia: where in a country there is more than one language one is more important than  the other. One is more official or preferred but the other is for the folclore and stuff.  Language​: The play is performed in two languages. The spanish part probably is  intentionally trying to make feel strange or as they are missing something out to the  non-bilingual ppl. Probably to reflect how ppl feel when they get to the states for the first  time and they don't speak english ad can't understand.   Motifs:   1. Map: The way to find herself. To lose the map is to lose the opportunity to make the  two parts of themselves cohere.   2. Mirror: Identity crisis. Difference between the outside and the inside. Brings back  the isolation.    1