ENGL 2351 - Mexican-American Literature

3 Credits (3 hrs. lec.) A survey of Mexican-American literature from its origins to the present covering the major literary genres - the essay, epic poetry, lyric poetry, the short story, novel, drama, and folk literature. (0502035525) Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302
Course Outcomes
1 - Identify key ideas, representative authors and works, significant historical or cultural events, and characteristic perspectives or attitudes expressed in the literature of different periods or regions.
2 - Analyze literary works as expressions of individual or communal values within the social, political, cultural, or religious contexts of different literary periods.
3 - Demonstrate knowledge of the development of characteristic forms or styles of expression during different historical periods or in different regions.
4 - Articulate the aesthetic principles that guide the scope and variety of works in the arts and humanities.
5 - Write research-based critical papers about the assigned readings in clear and grammatically correct prose, using various critical approaches to literature.