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07/13 - 08/20 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
6:00 pm |
Subject: Spanish (Grad) (GSPA)
CRN: 30344
Online: Synchronous
Online
The course provides an introduction and an overview of the different issues that concern the Chicano and U.S. Latino populations. Through readings, discussions, films, presentations and other activities, we will learn about the various different groups that comprise this significant part of the U.S. popular. Students will read and discuss texts produced by Chicano and U.S. Latino Writers. The reading of literary works will be complemented by the historical, socio-cultural and political context in which these texts are produced. Through literary texts, movies and documentaries , and other forms of art, we will explore the intricacies of living between cultures. Class discussions and readings will also offer students a critical perspective on the diversity of American society and culture.
3 Credits
07/13 - 08/20 | ||||||
M | T | W | Th | F | Sa | Su |
6:00 pm |
Subject: Spanish (SPAN)
CRN: 30343
Online: Synchronous
Online
Old Core Requirements Met:
UG Core Human Diversity
Other Requirements Met:
School of Ed Transfer Course
Writing in the Discipline
Overview of the different issues that concern the U.S. Latino population. This course studies cultural artifacts and literary texts (in Spanish) relating to the multiple cultures of the Spanish-speaking U.S. Topics of class discussion could include: The United Farmers Workers and the Chicano Power movement in the 1960s, the role of César Chávez and Luis Valdez, and literary interpretations of the Hispanic/Latino/Chicano experience. Authors will be selected from a broad range of writers such as Cherríe Moraga, Sandra Cisneros, Rolando Hinojosa, Miguel Mendez, Julia Alvarez, Cristina Garcia, Gustavo Perez Firmat, Achy Obejas, Esmeralda Santiago, among others. This course fulfills the Human Diversity requirement in the core curriculum. Prerequisites: Successful completion of SPAN 300, 301, 305, and 335 or their equivalents with a C- or better in each course
4 Credits