Sandra Cisneros' "The House on Mango Street" - The search for identity as a woman and as a writer

Seminar paper from the year 2006 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,7, University of Bamberg (Lehrstuhl für Anglistik), course: Chicano Literature, language: English, abstract: In the following text I would like to give an approach to the identity of the protagonist Esperanza Cordero in the novel "The House on Mango Street". I will start with a short summary of the book. In part 3 I will take a closer look on the characters in her environment that coined her most during the stay on Mango Street. Part 4 finally will occupy with Esperanza's identity, on the one hand as awoman and on the other hand as a writer. In part 5 I will sum up my results and draw a conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Florian Wenz
• Publisher: Grin Verlag
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2012
• EAN: 9783656177487
• ISBN: 978-3-656-17748-7
• No. of pages: 16
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 2 mm
• Weight: 40 g
• Series: Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe, Bd. V192731; Akademische Schriftenreihe; Akademische Schriftenreihe Bd. V192731
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Essays, feuilletons, literary criticism, interviews; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies