Delia’s Song (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lucha Corpi
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: The late 1960’s to the mid-1970’s
- Setting: Berkeley and the San Francisco Bay Area in California
- Principal Characters: Delia Trevino, Jeff Morones, Roger N. Hart, Mattie Johnson, Marta Trevino de Ciotti, Samuel Corona, Julio Singer, Sara Gonzalez
- Genres: Long fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Civil rights, 1960’s, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Protests or demonstrations, California, West, U.S., Ethnic groups, Multiculturalism, Mexican Americans, Bilingualism, Latinos, Students or student life
- Locales: San Francisco, CA, Berkeley, CA
The Novel
Delia’s Song recounts a young woman’s maturation during the turbulence of student riots and civil rights movements in academic institutions during the late 1960’s. The novel is divided into three sections and consists of twelve chapters.
The story begins with a flashback in an italicized passage that suggests the intensity of Delia’s emotional state. The book then switches immediately into the central event of the main plot, which took place earlier in the novel’s chronology. The disjointed nature of the plot requires the reader to remain...
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