| Course ID: | SPAN 2550. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Latino Literature, Language, and Culture |
Course
Description: | The literary, socio-linguistic, and cultural presence of representative Hispanic groups in the United States. Intended for Spanish speakers. Given in Spanish. |
| Oasis Title: | LATIN LIT LANG |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ROML 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 on 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.
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