Week of 17 February: The Hungry Woman

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For this week we’re going to be reading Cherríe Moraga’s play The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea, Moraga’s take on the La Llorona story. The play is short, but please be sure to read the introductory notes. Also, because this is a play and meant to be performed rather than read, you likely will need to read it over a couple of times. You also should read “The Gothic Gift of Death in Cherríe Moraga’s The Hungry Woman: A Mexican Medea” by Tanya Gonzalez. Gonzalez is one of the first scholars to talk about the gothic in conjunction with Chicano/a literature.

Come to class Monday knowing the legends of La Llorona and Medea.

Don’t forget your blogging assignments and to tweet your reading and questioning of the play.

Added 2/17/2014 Here’s an essay, “Looking for the Insatiable Woman“, that Moraga wrote on her writing process / thinking behind The Hungry Woman.

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