Session Details
Monday, 29 December
524. Literature of Immigrants
12:00 noon–1:15 p.m., Franciscan B, Hilton
Program arranged by the MLA Committee on Community Colleges
Presiding: Alicia M. de la Torre Falzon, Northern Virginia Community Coll., Annandale
1. “Using Anzia Yeziersk’a Immigrant Narratives in the Developmental Writing Classroom,” Nina R. Bannett, New York City Coll. of Tech., City Univ. of New York
2. “The Immigrant Experience in Jhumpa Lahiri’s Work,” Anca Luca Holden, Univ. of Georgia
3. “Mediation of Assimilation: Media Influence on the Immigrant Experience in Contemporary World Literature,” Eva Shoop, Auburn Univ., Auburn
4. “Finding One’s Identity through the Literature of Immigrants,” Maria Treglia, Bronx Community Coll., City Univ. of New York