2022-2023 Undergraduate Bulletin

LIT 265 Foundations of U.S. Latinx Literature

3 hours 

This course examines early Latinx authors from the 19th and 20th centuries whose literature chronicles and confronts the injustice experienced by Latinx communities throughout U.S. history. We will examine the beginnings of the Latinx literary tradition as well as literary movements and authors who have had a major influence in American literature. This course provides a comparative portrait of the roots and routes of Latinx literature from a justice-oriented perspective.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ENG 201

Notes

This course satisfies the  area of the Gen Ed Program.