Latin American
Literature in the
Diaspora
Unit 14
Introduction
Latin American literature in the diaspora refers to texts
written by Latin Americans or people of recent Latin American
descent who live outside of the region, and whose work
focuses the Latin American or Latinx experience.
This is not a genre nor a movement. However, reading this
literature as a category helps us see the thread of cultures
and the culmination of histories. Just as Latin America as a
region is extremely diverse, so to are the experiences of Latin
Americans living in other continents.
TEXTS
The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
City of Clowns by Daniel Alarcx“The Transit4he NPR Spanish-language podcast ¡dio Ambulante“The Transit&rom
Radio Amublante
podcast.
VISION
Neptune is the farthest
planet from the Sun
Daniel Alarcy³ City of
Clowns
.
Identity
dentity isn simply
a self-contained unit.
It is a relationship
between people and
history, people and
communities, people
and institutions.­Kimberlƒrenshaw
As you read and listen to these texts,
analyze how the protagonists
identities are shaped by their
surroundings. Who fights back against
expectations and whose identity
changes to meet expectations?
Happy
reading and
listening!
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