SWBS 3350 Hispanic Borderlands Literature

This course studies the literature of the Southwestern Borderlands through the historical and social context related to the experience of the communities that developed in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands region. It includes reading from early Mexican-American literature as well as contemporary authors through prose fiction, dram, poetry, and film. The course also analyzes topics that lead to the understanding of the social circumstances in which the authors write, such as immigration, the Chicano Movement, bilingualism, and contemporary borderlands issues. Prerequisites: SWBS 2310 and SWBS 3315.

Credits

3

Distribution

Humanities