1. The House on Mango Street
Sandra Cisneros

2. Sandra Cisneros

3. Biography Born December 20, 1954 in Chicago, IL Nationality – American
Ethnicity – Mexican American
Third of seven children; only surviving daughter
Currently resides in San Antonio, TX

4. Cisneros’s Childhood
Her family was constantly moving between Chicago and Mexico City
Her family finally made a down payment on a house in a predominately Puerto Rican neighborhood in Chicago when she was 11 years old.
The neighborhood and its characters would later become the inspiration for the novel, The House on Mango Street.
Like the author, the main character also lives in Chicago, IL.

5. Education & Occupation
Bachelor of Arts Degree- Loyola University – Chicago, 1976
Master of Fine Arts Degree – University of Iowa -1978
Novelist, Poet, Short story writer

6. Notable Works The House on Mango Street (1984)
Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories (1991)

7. What is a vignette? A short, well –written sketch or descriptive scene
It does not have a plot
It may reveal character, or mood, or tone
It may have a theme or idea of its own that it wants to convey
It is the description of the scene or character that is important
Sandra Cisneros’ novel The House on Mango Street is written in a series of vignettes

8. What is Bildungsroman?
a novel depicting someone’s growth from childhood to maturity
The protagonist grows, learns, and changes in order to take their place in the world
Sometimes referred to as a “coming of age” story
German word

9. figurative or emotional
DENOTATION VS. CONNOTATION
The denotative definition is based on the________ definition of a word.
The connotative definition is the________________________ meaning of a word.
literal
figurative or emotional