Transforming American Literature: U.S. Latina/o/x Texts

ENGL

342

Transforming American Literature: U.S. Latina/o/x Texts

U.S. Latina/o/x literature bears a distinct force in American letters, and its impression upon our national identi-ty transforms the American “grand narrative”. This course will explore how different forms of Latina/o/x litera-ture produce new social, political, and aesthetic knowledge in American arts and letters, identity, and culture. Literary voices will be drawn from Puerto Rican, Mexican, Dominican, Cuban, and other Latin American mi-grations to the US, as we investigate how U.S. Latina/o/x experiences of resistance and assimilation, exile, identity formation, race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality shape the American social world. What new aesthet-ic forms are created by US Latina/o/x literature and culture, and how do such forms transform American lit-erature and culture? Forms include poetry, autobiography, novel, film, and music. Other themes may include border and hybrid identity, (im)migration, bilingualism, political presence, mestizaje, and indigeneity.

All Terms

Undergraduate

Yes

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