| Course ID: | ENGL(LACS) 3250. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Latinx Literature |
Course
Description: | A survey of Latinx literature and key topics in Latinx literary
studies. Students will explore how Latino/as have imaginatively
dramatized issues such as barrio life, exilic nostalgia, internal
colonialism, historic traumas, border crossings, Spanglish,
mestizaje, machismo, and new notions of the American Dream. |
| Oasis Title: | Latinx Literature |
| Prerequisite: | ENGL 1102 or ENGL 1102E or ENGL 1103 or ENGL 1050H or ENGL 1060H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | Students in this class will:
• Become familiar with major authors and works in the Latinx
literary canon
• Become conversant in key terms and concepts in Latinx
literatures and cultures
• Appreciate the richness and heterogeneity of Latinx literatures
and cultures
• Identify myths and stereotypes about Latino/as
• Understand the history and geopolitics of Latinx migrations to
the United States
• Discuss the meaning and the value of pluralistic dialogue and
multiculturalism
• Become conversant in methods for literary and rhetorical
analysis
• Improve their critical thinking and analytic writing skills |
| Topical Outline: | Topics will vary by instructor, but a typical version of the
course could include the following:
• History and Identity
• Language and Cultural Politics
• Chicano Power
• The Poetics of el Barrio
• Exile and Reconciliation
• War and Sanctuary
• Machos, Xicanas, and Queer Latinidades
• Afro-Latinidad and the Magically Real |
| Honor Code Reference: | UGA Student Honor Code: "I will be academically honest in all of
my academic work and will not tolerate academic dishonesty of
others." A Culture of Honesty, the University's policy and
procedures for handling cases of suspected dishonesty, can be
found at www.uga.edu/ovpi. Every course syllabus should include
the instructor's expectations related to academic integrity. |