CLP 1355 - LATINA WRITERS OF THE UNITED STATES

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
The growing number of Latina authors living and writing in the United States constitutes a new and varied contribution to the well-studied body of immigrant literature. This course considers Rosario Ferr's Puerto Rican family saga the house on the lagoon, bicultural (Peruvian/American) author Marie Arana's memoir American Chica, and Dominican author Julia Alvarez's book how the Garcia girls lost their accents. These works detail not only these authors' individual immigration experience in the United States but also the interplay of their disparate social, political, and historical backgrounds on a changing sense of identity in a new land. A key element of the course will be essays and poems by Chicana feminist Gloria Anzalda, who explores the effect on individual and community identity of individuals living in the borderlands of the United States and Mexico and the creation of a totally new frontier worldview.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: Prerequisites: Upper-Level Courses require completion of ENG 0101, ENG 0102, FS 0102, and the MATH competency

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