ENL 352 U.S. Latino/a Literature

3 Credit(s) DI V

This course examines U.S. Latino/a literary achievements in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, considering the various literary traditions, such as Chicano/a, Nuyorican, Cuban-American, and Dominican-American, that together make up U.S. Latino/a literature. The focus will be on common concerns of U.S. Latino/a writers such as ethnic identity and minority status, prejudice and discrimination, immigration and migration, bilingualism and linguistic hybridity, machismo and gender roles. Not open to students who have received credit for ENG 389. Prerequisite: ENG 102, ENL 102, ENG 102E, ENL 102ESL, ENG 103, ENL 103, ENG 106H or ENL 110H, and at least one English course at teh 200-level or permission of the department chairperson.