Keywords
Hunger of Memory
Autobiography
Chicanos
Bilingualism Richard Rodríguez
Hunger of Memory
autobiografía
chicanos
bilingüismo
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Abstract
This article studies Richard Rodriguez’ autobiography Hunger of Memory, in which the author builds his personal and literary identity through considerations on his two languages: Spanish, his mother tongue, and English, the language of his education. Rodriguez suggests that only English has allowed him to construe a public identity. This linguistic choice, argues Rodriguez, affects other aspects like his religiosity or social class, as well. Three aspects are analyzed in this article: the traits of autobiography as a literary genre, the idea of identity as opposed to ethnicity, in Rodriguez’ view; and the role of language(s).
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