ENGL 2351 - Mexican-American Literature

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 3
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. CIP Code: (0502035525)
Prerequisite: ENGL 1301 and ENGL 1302
Student Learning 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.
Core Category Language, Philosophy, & Culture [40]