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The Fiction of Junot Díaz

Reframing the Lens

Heather Ostman

The influence of Latin American writers—as well as other immigrant writers and their first-generation peers—has reframed the literary lens to include multiple views and codify the shift away from the tradition of white male writers who formed the core of the American literary canon for generations. Junot Díaz is one of the most prominent and influential writers in contemporary American literature. A first-generation Dominican American, the New Jersey native is at the forefront of a literary renaissance, portraying the significant demographic shifts taking place in the United States.

In The Fiction of Junot Díaz: Reframing the Lens, Heather Ostman closely examines the linguistic, popular culture, and literary references woven throughout Díaz’s fiction, including the short story collections Drown and This Is How You Lose Her, as well as the Pulitzer prize–winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Ostman also considers Díaz’s work as it relates to issues of identity, citizenship, culture, aesthetics, language, class, gender, and race.

By exploring how Díaz reframes the immigrant narrative—highlighting his innovative linguistic and genre-based approach—Ostman provides crucial insights into how Díaz’s writings relate to key issues in today’s world. The Fiction of Junot Díaz will be of interest to scholars and students of the immigrant experience as well as fans of this gifted writer.

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 202 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4422-7246-0 • Hardback • November 2016 • $104.00 • (£80.00)

978-1-4422-7247-7 • eBook • November 2016 • $98.50 • (£76.00)

Series: Contemporary American Literature

Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / General, Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century, Literary Criticism / Modern / 21st Century, Literary Criticism / Popular Literature, Literary Criticism / Books & Reading, Literary Criticism / General

The Fiction of Junot Díaz

Reframing the Lens

Hardback

eBook

Summary

The influence of Latin American writers—as well as other immigrant writers and their first-generation peers—has reframed the literary lens to include multiple views and codify the shift away from the tradition of white male writers who formed the core of the American literary canon for generations. Junot Díaz is one of the most prominent and influential writers in contemporary American literature. A first-generation Dominican American, the New Jersey native is at the forefront of a literary renaissance, portraying the significant demographic shifts taking place in the United States.

In The Fiction of Junot Díaz: Reframing the Lens, Heather Ostman closely examines the linguistic, popular culture, and literary references woven throughout Díaz’s fiction, including the short story collections Drown and This Is How You Lose Her, as well as the Pulitzer prize–winning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Ostman also considers Díaz’s work as it relates to issues of identity, citizenship, culture, aesthetics, language, class, gender, and race.

By exploring how Díaz reframes the immigrant narrative—highlighting his innovative linguistic and genre-based approach—Ostman provides crucial insights into how Díaz’s writings relate to key issues in today’s world. The Fiction of Junot Díaz will be of interest to scholars and students of the immigrant experience as well as fans of this gifted writer.

Details

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Pages: 202 • Trim: 6¼ x 9½

978-1-4422-7246-0 • Hardback • November 2016 • $104.00 • (£80.00)

978-1-4422-7247-7 • eBook • November 2016 • $98.50 • (£76.00)

Series: Contemporary American Literature

Subjects: Literary Criticism / American / General, Literary Criticism / Modern / 20th Century, Literary Criticism / Modern / 21st Century, Literary Criticism / Popular Literature, Literary Criticism / Books & Reading, Literary Criticism / General

Author

Heather Ostman is professor of English at SUNY Westchester Community College. She is the author of Writing Program Administration and the Community College (2013), editor of Kate Chopin in the Twenty-First Century: New Critical Essays (2008), and coeditor of Kate Chopin in Context: New Approaches (2015).

The Fiction of Junot Díaz

Reframing the Lens

Heather Ostman

The Fiction of Junot Díaz

Reframing the Lens

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