Awake: A young adult novel in verse
by Vasquez, Minerva, M.F.A., THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - PAN AMERICAN, 2011, 176 pages; 1494866

Abstract:

This project is a manuscript for a YA novel written in verse and represents the type of YA literature I hope to publish after graduating. Awake chronicles the story of Alejandra de Luna, a high school student from the Rio Grande Valley who must come to terms with an abusive home situation, while at the same time struggling to find her place and her voice as an artist, writer, daughter, and young Latina. To complicate her world more, she begins to dream of Tenochtitlan, the former capital of the Aztec Empire. She experiences Aztec culture as one of patriarchy and violence through the dialogue of several Aztec characters, one of which crosses the threshold of time to become part of Alejandra.

 
AdviserEmmy Perez
SchoolTHE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS - PAN AMERICAN
SourceMAI/ 49-06, p. , Jul 2011
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsLiterature
Publication Number1494866
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