Chicano literature
Four days left to write my final paper. I do procrastinate. I had all semester and I waited till the final four days. I was in the library at the STCC Pecan Campus reading Walt Whitman's classic poem "Oh Captain, My Captain," taking a brake from the decision I was confronted with: what subject should I write my final paper on. Whitman's "Oh Captain, My Captain" happens to be my favorite Whitman poem. I cried the first time I read it. I've read works by some of the world's finest authors: Mark Twain, William Shakespeare, Anne Rice, Stephen King, Hunter S. Thompson, Upton Sinclair, Alex Haley, etc. I suddenly realized that I have never read a work of fiction, or a play by a Chicano or a Chicana. The only two plays I have ever read in Spanish were not written by a Chicanos: Boda de Sangre by Federico Garcia Lorca (in which I had the honor of playing the part of el novio)and El Caballero de Olmedo by Lope de Vega (in which I had the honor of playing the part of Alonzo). I put away the Whitman poem and became lost in my own critical thought. Was there not a single Chicano or Chicana that had ever written a work of fiction? I went to the library's computerized card catalogue system to inve
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Solomons Story, Closet Chavez, Hollering Creek, Bettina Gray, Chicano Chicana, Luis Valdez, Sleepy Lagoon, Mexican American, Life Mexico, Chavez I'm, main character, zoot suit, luis valdez, el teatro campesino, los angeles, denise chavez, theme story, el teatro, chicano literature, rudolfo anaya, solomons story, solitude life mexico, labyrinth solitude life, hunting expedition tribe, main character story,
Approximate Word count = 3091
Approximate Pages = 12 (250 words per page double spaced)
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