| Course ID: | SPAN 4030. 3 hours. |
| Course Title: | Latinx in the United States |
Course
Description: | Latinx culture through literature, film, and performance. Students will perfect their speaking and writing skills in Spanish through the critical analysis of Latinx poetry, fiction, memoirs, spoken word, and media. Given in Spanish. |
| Oasis Title: | Latinx in the United States |
| Duplicate Credit: | Not open to students with credit in ROML 4030 |
| Prerequisite: | SPAN 3030 or SPAN 3030E or SPAN 3030H |
Semester Course
Offered: | Offered every year. |
| Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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| Course Objectives: | 1) learn about the various literary trends in U.S. Latino/a
studies.
2) develop critical thinking by means of the exposure to and
discussion of a variety of literary and cultural theories.
3) develop an understanding of diversity and multi-culturalism
in the United States.
4) engage in interdisciplinary analyses by means of the study
of literary and cultural productions, along with theories
relevant to their understanding. |
| Topical Outline: | - A historical overview of Ethnic Studies in the United States,
focusing on the emergence of Latino/a Studies in American
universities.
- Chicano Renaissance 1960-72: analysis of literary texts that
make up the sub-field of Chicano literature in the context of
the social movements that inspire them.
- Border theories. A postcolonial, cultural studies examination
of the theories of border identities, border thinking, and
border
crossing.
- Latina Feminism. An introduction to the theory of Latina
feminism in dialogue with contemporary novels and short essays.
-Transnational encounters. Study of notions of transnational
communities through the work of Latino/a Caribbean writers. |