Junot Díaz y el canon, un “canibalismo líquido”

Rita De Maeseneer

doi:10.30827/rl.v0i6.3647

Authors

Rita De Maeseneer University of Antwerpen

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.30827/rl.v0i6.3647

Keywords:

Junot Díaz, Dominican-American Literature, Canon, Intertextuality

Abstract

The aim is to reflect on the position of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, written by Junot Díaz, in the World Republic of Letters. In order to achieve this goal, the different interpretations of canon will be commented on in relation to the book. The analysis of some examples will illustrate the changing and indeterminable way in which Díaz´s novel can be posited in relation to different canons. Díaz establishes dialogues with a fluid continuum of texts and concepts that contribute to increase the fragmentation, dispersion and dynamism from various points of view (east/west; north/east, intra-caribbean). Díaz applies what could be coined a “liquid canibalism”.

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