ENGL228 - Latino/a Literature

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Academic Year 2003/2004

Latino/a Literature
ENGL 228 SP

Crosslistings:
AMST 225
LAST 231

In this course, we will be reading literature by Chicano/a, Puerto Rican American and Dominican American authors and exploring such issues as the connection between history and the mythic. We will begin by examining how U.S. expansionism and colonialism has affected Latino literary production. As a result of expansionist policies of the United States in 1848 and 1898, respectively, part or all of Mexican and Puerto Rican national territory was confiscated and due to the 1965 U.S. invasion of Dominican Republic, Dominican migration to the U.S. increased dramatically. How have Latino and Latina authors documented this experience in their writings by infusing history with the mythic through such entities as the Puerto Rican American "Borinquen" and the Chicano/a "Aztlan"? How do Latinos and Latinas' experiences of assimilation, marginalization, and imprisonment both inhibit and strengthen a literary Latinidad?

MAJOR READINGS

Julia Alvarez, HOW THE GARCIA GIRLS LOST THEIR ACCENTS (1992)
Graciela Limon, THE DAY OF THE MOON (1999)
Luis Rodriguez, ALWAYS RUNNING (1993)
Esmeralda Santiago, WHEN I WAS PUERTO RICAN (1993)
Piri Thomas, DOWN THESE MEAN STREETS (1967)
Mariano Barroso, IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES (2001), Film

ALL TEXTS ARE IN ENGLISH

A COURSE READER WITH A SELECTION OF SHORTER READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Three very short reaction papers (1 pp.); two papers (6-7 pp; and 10-13 pp.); class participation.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS

Research paper option.

COURSE FORMAT: Discussion

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL Grading Mode: Graded

Prerequisites: NONE

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Ruiz,Julie A

Times: ..T.R.. 02:40PM-04:00PM; Location: FISK101

Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 19)

SR. major: 5 Jr. major: 5

SR. non-major: 4 Jr. non-major: 3 SO: 2 FR: X

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal: Writing

Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-19-2004