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This course is an introduction to the literatures and cultures of Latinx writings in the United States and focuses on the ways in which identity, displacement, bilingualism, code-switching, political conflict, exile, immigration, transculturation, transnationalism, refugee status, colonialism, imperialism, and memory influence and emerge in literary works. Students will read texts in a variety of genres—fiction, poetry, drama, memoir, essay, newspaper columns, testimonios, speeches, corridos—including but not limited to works by writers with roots in Cuba, The Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, and throughout South, Central, and North Americas. Students will identify and understand the social and cultural impacts of Latinx Literature. The works will be read in English.

Note: IAI English majors should be aware that universities may not accept elective literature courses other than British and American survey courses for the major when transferring

Recommended Prereq, C or better in ENG085 or ENG095 or placement by appropriate measures into college-level English

IAI: H3 910D