<strong>ENGL</strong> <strong>2351</strong> <strong>Mexican American Literature</strong>

Course Information

Course Description

A survey of Mexican American/Chicanx literature from Mesoamerica to the present. Students will study literary works of fiction, poetry, drama, essays, and memoirs in relation to their historical, linguistic, political, regional, gendered, and cultural contexts. Texts will be selected from a diverse group of authors, literary movements, and media forms. Topics and themes may include the literary performance of identity and culture, aesthetic mediation of racialization, struggle and protest, and artistic activism.

Prerequisite(s)

ENGL 1301

Assessment Levels

R3, E3, M0

CIP Code

05.0203.5525

Credits (SCH)

3

Lecture-Lab-SCH

(3-0-3)