Reinterpretation of spiritual autobiography genre in Richard Rodriguez’s Darling

Гайдаш, Анна Владиславівна and Рахнянський, Віктор Васильович and Чернікова, Олександра ванівна and Хаботнякова, Поліна Сергіївна (2022) Reinterpretation of spiritual autobiography genre in Richard Rodriguez’s Darling Baltic Journal of English Language, Literature and Culture, 12. pp. 101-113. ISSN 1691-9971

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Abstract

The article is focused on the reinterpretation of the genre of spiritual autobiography in Richard Rodriguez’s novel Darling. Rodriguez’s autobiographical prose depicts his extremely embittered attitude to heritage and the pitfalls lurking at the crossroads of cultural practices. For a long time, this author had been placed outside the canon of Chicano literature and was considered an ‘outsider’ because of his statement that he was not a representative of a minority but a supporter of the assimilation of immigrants into the broader mainstream American society. Rodriguez emphasized the privilege of the individual over the collective identity. The study focuses on the formation of ethnic identity by autobiographical narrator Rodriguez and the evolution of his views on the nature of the concept of ‘selfidentification’. In addition, as Mexican-Americans are gradually becoming the largest ethno-cultural group in the United States of America, the issues of identity, assimilation, heterogeneity and cultural hybridity raised by the author stay relevant and important.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Richard Rodriguez; autobiographical novel; ethnic identity; identity formation; memory; race; religion; ethno-cultural group
Subjects: Це архівна тематика Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Статті у наукометричних базах > Web of Science
Divisions: Це архівні підрозділи Київського університету імені Бориса Грінченка > Факультет романо-германської філології > Кафедра германської філології
Depositing User: професор Анна Владиславівна Гайдаш
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2022 07:05
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2022 07:05
URI: https://elibrary.kubg.edu.ua/id/eprint/41780

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