Intro to Latinx literature and culture course offered spring semester

This SPAN 285 (taught in English) course will provide an introduction to Latinx works of literature and cultures in the United States from the 1820s to the present, paying close attention to the historical and social events that have influenced the construction of U.S. Latinx identities.

Through the examination of canonical texts produced by Chicanos, Mexican-Americans, and Hispanic Caribbean authors, we will analyze questions of racial, ethnic, religious and cultural identities in conversation with current theoretical concepts. These concepts include Diaspora, border identities, oppositional consciousness, strategic essentialism, imagined communities, code-switching, tropicalization, and double-consciousness.

Contact David Martínez (dmartinez@georgefox.edu) with any questions.

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