| Course ID: | ROML 2550. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Latino Literature, Language, and Culture |
Course
Description: | Critical analysis of the literary, socio-linguistic, and cultural presence of representative Hispanic groups in the United States. Designed for non-speakers of Spanish. Given in English. |
| Oasis Title: | LATINO LIT LANG |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in SPAN 2550 |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | To provide students with an understanding and familiarization
of Hispanics and their cultural, literary and linguistic
presence in the United States. Application of basic socio-
linguistic concepts in the description and analysis of Spanish
varieties, demographic trends and cultural patterns. Besides
giving proof of acquired knowledge through exams, students will
demonstrate their linguistic and socio-cultural awareness
during oral presentations, class participation and the writing
of brief papers on issues related to the subject matter. |
| Topical Outline: | I. Introduction. Hispanics: race? class? ethnia? Demographic
and ethnic overview.
II-III. Diversity among Hispanic minorities. Identity and
cultural roots.
IV-V. Socio-linguistic overview of Spanish in the U.S. Language
attitudes. Linguistic contact phenomena.
VI-VII. Hispanic literature in the U.S; culture, heritage,
nationalism.
IX-X. The Puerto Rican in popular U.S literature: cultural
evolution, identity and perspectives.
XI-XII. Mexican American literature.
XIII-XIV. Cuban Americans in the U.S.
XV. Language issues: Bilingual education, "English only,"
codeswitching. |