The Fiction of Junot D?az: Reframing the Lens [Hardcover]

The influence of Latin American writersas well as other immigrant writers and their first-generation peershas 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 D?az 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 D?az: Reframing the Lens, Heather Ostman closely examines the linguistic, popular culture, and literary references woven throughout D?azs fiction, including the short story collections Drown and This Is How You Lose Her, as well as the Pulitzer prizewinning novel The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. Ostman also considers D?azs work as it relates to issues of identity, citizenship, culture, aesthetics, language, class, gender, and race.

By exploring how D?az reframes the immigrant narrativehighlighting his innovative linguistic and genre-based approachOstman provides crucial insights into how D?azs writings relate to key issues in todays world. The Fiction of Junot D?az will be of interest to scholars and students of the immigrant experience as well as fans of this gifted writer.

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).