More Research

1) choose a topic you are most passionate for 

The topic that I'm most passionate for researching for this project is Puerto Rican literature. 

2) List foundational work/texts you plan on using for your project (these texts should be "old" as in foundational to the civilization/ culture you are studying) 

The foundational texts that I plan on using is Manuel A. Alonso because he was a writer, poet and journalist. He was also considered to be the first puerto Rican writer for noble importance. This work is the result of a profound sense of Puerto Rican cultural identity, produced under the overriding censorship and oppression of Spain's colonial regime. The work reveals that Puerto Rico's early writers were beginning to consciously exert true historical and cultural vision, and rally behind a great sense of patriotism. 

website: (https://enciclopediapr.org/en/encyclopedia/the-puerto-rican-literature/) 

3) Research and list modern texts from the same culture/civilization. 

Some of the modern texts of Puerto Rican Literature are: 

-Alonso's work comprises of 13 essays, which are portraits of criollo daily life, in addition to right short poems. 

-Alonso transcribes and imitates rural speech patterns, describes the criollo view of the world, and exalts the jibaros, or rural poor, who are seen in his works as people who could be educated, employed, and effectively directed toward the island's national causes, alebeit, within a plantation  economy. 

-In 1882, Alonso published a second expanded edition of El Gibaro, where he builds on earlier themes and cultural critiques, most notably in the short story/essay "Perico Paciencia."






4) Using the question activity we did in class, generate a list of questions you will use for your research and learning. 

Some Questions that I'll be using for my research and writing are 

-When did he became interested in literature?

-Were there any well known works?

-Was there anyone else inspired by his work?