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ENGL-225: Latinx American Literature

Course Information

Course, prefix, number, & title: ENGL-225 Latinx American Literature

Hours (Class, recitation, Laboratory, studio): 3 class hours/1 conference hour

Credits: 3

Pre-requisites (if any): English 102

Course Description in college catalog:

This course offers a study of Latinx/a/o American literature, from the 1960s during the peak immigration of Latinxs to the United States up to present day. The course aims to enhance students’ knowledge of how the creative and literary components of each text contribute to and reflect the unique social and political experience of being Latinx in the United States. We may discuss how identity is performed in the everyday sense and how Latinx historical identities have been shaped in conflict, dissent and/or conjunction with the multiple Latinx immigrant groups within a U.S context. The course will include all forms of writing as well: poetry, drama, fiction, and nonfiction. Topics may encompass political theater, experimental theater, revolution, censorship and self-censorship, trauma and memory, gender, borders and latinidad, and may focus on the diversity of the Latin American and Latinx ethnic experiences in the US (Chicana/o, Nuyorican, Dominican American, et al). 

Academic programs for which this course serves as a requirement or an elective:

A.A. Liberal Arts and Sciences

QCC/Queens College Dual/Joint Degree Program for Childhood Education

General Education Outcomes: Below is a listing of General Education Outcome(s) that this course supports.

  1. Communicate effectively in various forms

  2. Use analytical reasoning to identify issues or problems and evaluate evidence in order to make informed decisions

Course-specific student learning outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate understanding of forms and conventions of a given genre in the context of an historical period or theme.
  2. Analyze texts through an historical, rhetorical, and/or theoretical framework. 
  3. Generate a logical argument or article based on evidence from primary and secondary sources: clear thesis statement or statement of purpose, appropriate sources, transitional language, and progressive development of ideas or generate a sustained creative work or collection of works. 
  4. Apply and synthesize appropriate knowledge to produce clear and effective writing. 

Methods by which student learning will be assessed and evaluated; describe the types of methods to be employed; note whether certain methods are required for all sections:

Student learning will be assessed through the evaluation of written assignments in different literary and rhetorical genres that pose formal, technical, thematic challenges; formal papers and research projects with primary and secondary sources, and including MLA documentation; individual and group presentations, exams, periodic analytical responses to class readings; student self-assessments may include pre- and post- learning reflection papers.

Academic Integrity policy (department or College):
Academic honesty is expected of all students. Any violation of academic integrity is taken extremely seriously. All assignments and projects must be the original work of the student or teammates. Plagiarism will not be tolerated. Any questions regarding academic integrity should be brought to the attention of the instructor. The following is the Queensborough Community College Policy on Academic Integrity: "It is the official policy of the College that all acts or attempted acts that are violations of Academic Integrity be reported to the Office of Student Affairs. At the faculty member's discretion and with the concurrence of the student or students involved, some cases though reported to the Office of Student Affairs may be resolved within the confines of the course and department. The instructor has the authority to adjust the offender's grade as deemed appropriate, including assigning an F to the assignment or exercise or, in more serious cases, an F to the student for the entire course." Read the University's policy on Academic Integrity opens in a new window.

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