CHS 2010 - Survey of Chicana/o Literature

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): CHS 1000 or ENG 1010 or permission of the instructor

Prerequisite(s) or Corequisite(s): ENG 1020 or permission of instructor

Description: This course is a review of major literary genres associated with Chicana/o and Latina/o creative expression from the 1800s to the present, including poetry, drama, and the novel. Students in this course examine themes related to the Chicana/o and Latina/o experience such as racism, colonialism, sexism, and other structural forms of oppression, and the social justice efforts to combat these systems of oppression.

Note: Credit will be granted for only one prefix: CHS or ENG.

General Studies: Arts and Humanities

Guaranteed Transfer: GT-AH2

University Requirement(s): Ethnic Studies & Social Justice

Cross Listed Course(s): ENG 2410