The dangers of intimacy: The importnce of metacognition in Junot Diaz's "How to date a browngirl. blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie"

dc.contributor.authorVice, William Bradley
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-28T10:00:31Z
dc.date.available2022-03-28T10:00:31Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstract-translatedThis paper proposes a pragmatic reading of Junot Díaz’s short story “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie” by making use of Cultural Quotient (CQ, a/k/a Cultural Intelligence) a new branch of academics that draws from the fields of linguistics, psychology, anthropology, and international business to make one more culturally aware. Additionally, the paper gives focus to CQ Strategy, the metacognitive step of the CQ process, and uses the cognitive psychological concept Theory of Mind (ToM) to explain how human consciousness has evolved to read and anticipate the mental states of others. Both CQ and ToM depend on metacognition in order to navigate from one cultural context to another. The article attempts to explain how metacognition enables Díaz’s Dominican protagonist, Yunior, to become culturally intelligent as well as anticipate the emotions of the various American girls he dates and hopes to seduce. Finally, the article will propose what learners of a second language can gain from reading works by Díaz, and thus other cross-cultural fictions, by using a pragmatic approach to literature.en
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dc.identifier.citationVICE, WB. The dangers of intimacy: The importnce of metacognition in Junot Diaz's "How to date a browngirl. blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie". American & British Studies Annual, 2021, roč. 14, č. neuveden, s. 118-132. ISSN: 1803-6058cs
dc.identifier.isbn978-80-7560-395-1
dc.identifier.issn1803-6058
dc.identifier.obd43935154
dc.identifier.uri2-s2.0-85121456588
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11025/47285
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity of Pardubiceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAmerican & British Studies Annualen
dc.rightsPlný text není přístupný.cs
dc.rights© University of Pardubiceen
dc.rights.accessclosedAccessen
dc.subject.translatedJunot Díazen
dc.subject.translatedcultural intelligenceen
dc.subject.translatedmetacognitionen
dc.subject.translatedtheory of minden
dc.subject.translatedintercultural fictionen
dc.subject.translatedpostcolonialismen
dc.subject.translatedsecond-language acquisitionen
dc.titleThe dangers of intimacy: The importnce of metacognition in Junot Diaz's "How to date a browngirl. blackgirl, whitegirl, or halfie"en
dc.typečlánekcs
dc.typearticleen
dc.type.statusPeer-revieweden
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen

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