Why Junot Diaz Is A Great American Writer

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Why Junot Diaz is a great American Writer

Using post-modernist narrative techniques and employing the use of certain peculiarities and practicalities in the genre of short stories, Junot Diaz managed to garner recognition in the literary circles. In the contemporary literary world, Diaz is regarded as a minority voice as he carefully crafts stories about the Dominican identity in America. In his extra-ordinarily appealing short story collection, Diaz has deeply reflected upon the collective Latino immigrant identity. A portrayal of ultimate dedication towards his ethnic roots and communal origins makes the storytelling techniques of Diaz highly political in nature CITATION Hum16 \l 1033 (Humblé).

In the short-story collection, This is How You Lose Her, it is evident from many instances that Diaz extracts one consequential component out of his personal life and shapes the story around that element in the pursuit of contributing to the historical perspectives of Dominican community and Latino diaspora. Diaz is lauded as one of the greatest American writers because he unhesitatingly takes advantage of his position in society to send a vital message. This is How You Lose Her is also a suitable representation of the ties that bind Dominicans with the United States Of America and protect their rights as a lasting effect. Latinos and Dominicans are largely redefining the country’s image in more than one ways and this claim has been fortified in the writings of Junot Diaz.

Some core ethical and moral issues have been stipulated by Diaz in his short stories and these issues pave the way for certain important questions that need urgent and adequate answers.

Diaz’s innovative and creative concerns scrutinize the pre-determined abstractions of constructed histories, and in this process, he reinstates some distinctions within political boundaries and defies the poststructuralist interdictions against popular narratives. The writings of Junot Diaz also wheedle the postmodernist values and ideas in a framework of cultural and moral relativism. Interrogating the basic assumptions of a post-structuralist perspective, Diaz tries to redirect the thought processes of scholars and readers towards some basic dimensions of politics associated with ethnicities. There is a unique combination of Latino and Dominican folklore along with popular instances from movies and television serials to create an engaging story CITATION Ort13 \l 1033 (Ortuzar-Young). Idioms and memes belonging to various genres, for instance, fantasy, horror, and science-fiction frequently surfacing in Diaz’s writings strengthen awareness about the prevalent unjust practices and persuades the readers to reflect on traumatic memories of historical repression. The mere introductory pages of his books introduce the reader to some pressing matters about the ultimate fate of humanity.

One of the most important characteristics of Diaz’s writing is his inquisitiveness and concerns regarding compound problems of the disenfranchised segments of society CITATION Wuc00 \l 1033 (Wucker). Several distressing accounts of the hard-pressed lower middle classes and impoverished factory employees in Diaz’s fiction is a true depiction of the abysmal social dysfunction and a politicized economic system that only benefits the elite classes of the society. The human society described in the stories of Diaz is structured according to a hierarchy, essentially mirroring the power dynamics in the United States and the Dominican Republic. Passages pervading many instances in Diaz’s short stories reverberate the frustrated anger of many oppressive groups who are crushed at the expense of blatant injustices. The inability to achieve decent standards of living due to these circumstances is a starry illustration of literary criticism on the prevailing absence of justice and ethics.

Combining the staggering impact of literary language with a riveting enunciation of a carefully curated prose, Junot Diaz manages to awaken the slumbering conscience of humanity and provokes the instincts of our higher nature in the pursuit of conjuring an antidote for the removal of greed and violence from the American society and largely from the world.

Works Cited:

BIBLIOGRAPHY Humblé, Philippe, and Lara De Wilder. "The Translation of Multilingual Literature in a Migrant World. The Case of Junot Diaz." Folia Linguistica et Litteraria (2016): 157-169.

Ortuzar-Young, Ada. "This Is How You Lose Her by Junot Díaz." Hispania (2013): 806-807.

Wucker, Michele. "Edwidge Danticat: A voice for the voiceless." Americas (2000): 40.