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| Semester: | Fall 2024 |
| Number: | 0122-203-001 |
| Instructor: | Marcos Gonsalez |
| Days: | Tuesday Thursday 10:50 am - 12:05 pm |
| Note: | Traditional In-Person Class |
| Location: | Garden City - Hagedorn Hall of Enterprise 119 |
| Credits: | 3 |
| Course Materials: | View Text Books |
| Description: |
Tracking the wide array of work produced by U.S. Latinx writers throughout history, including contemporary authors, students will focus on how the recognition and representation of a Latinx literary tradition finds itself shaped by race, sexuality, gender, multilingualism, colonization, and diaspora. (Learning Goals:G;Distribution Reqs:Humanities) |
| Learning Goals: |
1) Students will read and analyze foundational texts in U.S. Latinx literature and apply the fundamental concepts to survey the role of literary, legal, ethical, cultural, and political discourses in shaping their understanding of U.S. Latinx literatures from a variety of historical periods.2) Students will analyze and explain major themes across and perspectives on U.S. history and literature to better understand the writing of different Latinx ethnic groups.3) Students will evaluate how indigenous populations, slavery, and immigration have shaped the development of the United States and impacted U.S. Latinx social experience and literary production.4) Students will discuss and analyze related institutions in U.S. society that connect directly to the course topic, making connections to issues such as race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, belief, or other forms of social differentiation. *The learning goals displayed here are those for one section of this course as offered in a recent semester, and are provided for the purpose of information only. The exact learning goals for each course section in a specific semester will be stated on the syllabus distributed at the start of the semester, and may differ in wording and emphasis from those shown here. |
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