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The Literature of the North American Basque Diaspora: A Learning Experience With Older Adults
Abstract
This chapter profiles an educational project developed for the creative writing workshop at the Third Age College of the University of the Basque Country, in San Sebastian. Projects that highlight the interpretation and creation of literary texts concerned with the specific literature of the Basque immigrant experience in the USA are scarce, and there are none that address students older than 55. Creative writing may become a means to transfer knowledge and experience. The authors conclude that through this course, older Basque students became aware of the motives that led a large number of their country folk to America, and also of the hardships that this community had to endure until they were finally integrated into the mainstream of a distinct multicultural society in the US. By interacting with texts from Basque immigrants in the US, these older students were more willing to share their own experiences and opinions, and to consider the immigrant experience in different contexts.
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