Unidad 10 Las voces femeninas (8)

Essential question

▼ How are our ideas of gender shaped?

▼ How do society’s concepts of gender roles affect our self-concepts?

Themes:

• La construcción del género

Contexts:

• Gender attitudes in the 20th century in Spain, the United States, and Hispanic America

Estimated Time:

2 weeks

Works:

<<Peso ancestral>>, Alfonsina Storni (Argentina)

<<A Julia de Burgos>>, Julia de Burgos (Puerto Rico)

<<Mujer negra>>, Nancy Morejón (Cuba)

<<Dos palabras>>, Isabel Allende (Chile)

<<Como la vida misma>>, Rosa Montero (España)

Essay:

Students write an essay in which they compare the themes and poetic language of the Burgos and Morejón poems. Students must analyze the theme of identity as presented in the two poems. It responds to the essential question, "How do society's concepts of gender roles affect our self-concepts?".