SPAN2315

Meets MN Transfer Curriculum Goal Areas 6 and 7 -Humanities and Human Diversity. This survey course features literature of authors from a variety of Latinx communities in Minnesota and the United States. Students will explore how the written works reflect issues of language, national origin, immigration, skin color, gender, and sexuality. Students will be exposed to the diversity of the authors' experiences in the U.S. through a variety of genres and cultural expressions, such as poetry, fiction, non-fiction, and memoirs. Students will read, discuss, and analyze Latinx literature by authors living in the U.S. to develop a lens for understanding the diverse Latinx cultures in Minnesota and the United States.

This course is cross-listed as ENGL 2315. Students taking SPAN 2315 will read the texts in the original Spanish and submit their assignments in Spanish. Those taking ENGL 2315 will read English translations of the text and submit their assignments in English.Student Learning Outcomes

• Differentiate terms and concepts such as Latino/a, Latinx, Latinidad, Hispanic, and Chicano.
• Examine cultural differences and similarities among the literary production of different groups of Latinx in MN and the U.S.
• Recognize how the migration experience, national origin, skin color, gender, or sexuality shape the intersectional experiences and tensions of Latinx in the U.S.
• Explain how the bilingual and bicultural experience of Latinx informs their discourses.
• Examine themes and issues rooted in social structures and values from a literary perspective.
• . Uncover traditions and values of various Latinx cultures necessary for living and working effectively in a diverse population.
• Analyze cultural and social issues in literature as expressions of the Latinx experience within historical periods.
• Examine the contributions of major authors in the Latinx tradition.