AMST 453 - Recovering the U.S.Hispanic Literary Heritage:Early Latino Literature

Institution:

Trinity College

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Description:

This course aims to provide students with an introduction to the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage Project and with an understanding of the historical Latino presence in United States literature, culture and history. We will examine a mix of Spanish language periodicals, corridos, poetry, short stories, novels, and biography, and authors will include Felix Varela, José Martí, María Amparo Ruiz de Burton, María Cristina Mena, Jesus Colón, and Luisa Capetillo. The course will focus on three groups: Cubans in Florida and New York, Mexicans and Mexican-Americans in the Southwest, and Puerto Ricans on the island and in New York; and on four themes: the construction of literary canon and history, the intersections of history and memory, the translation of culture, and the nature of resistance literature. Spanish reading ability is helpful but not requir 1.00 units, Seminar

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.Trincoll.edu

Phone Number:

(860) 297-2000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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