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2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Springfield College Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENGL 211 - Latinx Literature


This course will focus on non-fiction, fiction, poetry, and dramatic literature by people who draw on the traditions of Spanish-, French-, and Portuguese-language cultures of the Americas, including people with origins in the Caribbean and North, Central, and South America. Readings may explore topics such as the role of “Manifest Destiny” in the production of Latino/a/x literature, modernity, the rise of Latino/a/x consciousness in the 1960s, race, gender, indigeneity, language choice, and the relationship between literary form and politics. No knowledge of a language other than English is required.
Credits: 3

Prerequisites: ENGL 114 - College Writing II  

or

ENGL 160 - Introduction to Literary Studies