12/21/2024 6:19:07 AM	ENGL 33 Course Outline as of Fall 2017	Changed Course
CATALOG INFORMATION
Discipline and Nbr:  ENGL 33	Title:  CHICANO/A ARTS AND LIT.
Full Title:  Chicano/Chicana Arts and Literature
Last Reviewed:3/13/2023

Units		Course Hours per Week			Nbr of Weeks	Course Hours Total
Maximum	3.00	Lecture Scheduled	3.00		17.5 max.	Lecture Scheduled	52.50
Minimum	3.00	Lab Scheduled	0		6 min.	Lab Scheduled	0
		Contact DHR	0			Contact DHR	0
		Contact Total	3.00			Contact Total	52.50
		Non-contact DHR	0			Non-contact DHR Total	0

Total Out of Class Hours:  105.00

Total Student Learning Hours: 157.50

Title 5 Category:  AA Degree Applicable
Grading:  Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:  00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
Also Listed As: 
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Catalog Description:

An introduction to contemporary and traditional literature, drama, cinema, art, and music, and/or visual and performance art created by Chicanas/Chicanos. An examination of this group's literature and arts, addressing major theoretical and analytical issues relevant to understanding the dynamic interactions between gender, class, race, and ethnicity in the United States.

Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of ENGL 1A or higher with a "C" or better

Recommended Preparation:

Limits on Enrollment:

Schedule of Classes Information
Description:

An introduction to contemporary and traditional literature, drama, cinema, art, and music, and/or visual and performance art created by Chicanas/Chicanos. An examination of this group's literature and arts, addressing major theoretical and analytical issues relevant to understanding the dynamic interactions between gender, class, race, and ethnicity in the United States.

(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Completion of ENGL 1A or higher with a "C" or better
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP

ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION

Associate Degree:		Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
Area:	E G	Humanities American Cultures/Ethnic Studies
CSU GE:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	C2	Humanities		Spring 1991
IGETC:	Transfer Area			Effective:	Inactive:
	3B	Humanities		Fall 1981
CSU Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
UC Transfer:	Transferable	Effective:	Fall 1981	Inactive:
C-ID:

Certificate/Major Applicable: Major Applicable Course

COURSE CONTENT

Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:

1.  Describe principles of literary analysis in relation to Chicano Studies and Chicano Literature.

2.  Apply principles of literary analysis to texts in Chicano Studies and Chicano Literature.

3.  Write critical analysis and response papers about Chicano Studies and Chicano Literature.

 

Objectives:

By the end of the course, students will be able to:

1. Identify the historical patterns which have influenced Chicano/Chicana literary and artistic

    production.

2. Identify the theoretical and stylistic differences between the various generations and

    movements of Chicano/Chicana literary and artistic production.

3. Identify the stereotypical and archetypal use of Chicanos/Chicanas  in literature, drama,

    cinema, art, and music.

4. Survey the discipline of Chicano Studies and apply the principles therein to the study of

    literature and arts.

5. Analyze historical, sociological, and psychological trends which have influenced the role of

    Chicano/Chicana writers, filmmakers, artists, and musicians.

6. Identify the central themes within the emerging tradition of Chicano/Chicana writers,

    filmmakers, artists, and musicians.

7. Identify the role of race, gender, and class on literary and artistic production, on publication

    and display, and on public acceptance.

8. Examine Chicano/Chicana literature and arts, addressing major theoretical and analytic issues

    relevant to understanding the dynamic interactions among gender, race and ethnicity in the

    United States.

Topics and Scope

I. Historical Periods and Social Movements

    A. Key historical periods and the relevant social movements that chart the emergence of

         Chicano/a literature and art.

     B. Historical development of the Chicano/a identity through a review of the culturally-based

         social movements from pre-colonial times to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to the

         Zoot Suit Riot.

     C. The Chicano Civil Rights, Farm Worker, and Student Movements in the 1960s and 1970s

    D. Xicana Feminism in the 1980's and 1990's

    E. Contemporary Chicano/a social movements and immigrant rights movements

II. Major Theoretical Perspectives

     A. Chicano Nationalism

     B. Marxism  

     C.Xicana Feminism

     D.Indigenous perspectives

    E. Other theoretical innovation

III. Major Chicano/a Literature

     A. Novels

    B. Short stories

    C. Poems

    D. Essays

    E. Newspapers, pamphlets, and magazines

IV. Chicano/a Drama, Performance, and/or Chicano/a Film

    A. Plays, playwrights, and theater groups such as Teatro Campesino expressing the

         oppositional narrative in Chicano/a experience

    B. How playwrights use theatrical forms (magical realism, social satire, parody, etc.) to

         critique and enlighten

    C. Performance art as social satire and activism

     D. Hollywood stereotypes: representing Chicano/a life in the Anglo American culture

    E. Recapturing political and historical contexts

    F. Media as a site for cultural and political visibility and representation

     G. Representations of the borderlands

V. Chicano/a Art

   A. Artistic production expressed through paintings, art installation, artifacts, and other

         mediums

   B. How art challenges and resists preconceived notions of traditional art forms

   C. How political, social, and racial inequalities and conditions influence Chicano/a art

   D. Representing myth, folk and indigenous traditions through art

   E. Murals, graffiti, and non-traditional arts ranging from comics to digital art

VI. Literary Research Techniques

    A. Literary criticism

    B. MLA standards for research and scholarship

Assignments:

Assignments may include:

1. Detailed summaries

2. Reading response journals

3. Short critical response essays (750 to 1,250 words)

4. Write a research paper (1,000 - 1500 words), including library research with complete and

    correct MLA documentation

5. Short library research assignments

6. Personal response papers in reaction to readings, videos, lectures, plays, and performances

7. Group or Individual presentations about particular works, authors, schools of criticism, time

    periods, or literary styles

8. Reading of varying lengths, including poetry, short stories, plays, novels, and literary criticism

9. Viewing videos outside the classroom setting

10. Essay examinations

11. Objective examinations and quizzes

12. Field trips to see plays, poetry readings, music, or dance performances

13. Participation in class discussions

Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.

Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing.		Writing 50 - 75%
Summaries, response journals, response papers, essays, research papers
Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills.		Problem Solving 0 - 10%
Library research assignments
Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams.		Skill Demonstrations 0 - 0%
None
Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams.		Exams 10 - 25%
Objective exams and quizzes, essay exams
Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories.		Other Category 15 - 25%
Oral presentation; participation in class discussion

Representative Textbooks and Materials:

A House of My Own. Cisneros, Sandra. Knopf. 2015

 

Classic Literature:

Occupied America: A History of Chicanos. 7th ed. Acuna, Rodolfo. Pearson. 2010

Your Brain on Latino Comics: From Gus Arriola to Los Bros Hernandez. Aldama, Frederick Luis. University of Texas Press. 2009

Bless Me Ultima. Anaya, Rudolfo. Warner Books. 1994

Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza. 4th ed. Anzaldúa, Gloria. Aunt Lute Books. 2012

Latino Images in Film: Stereotypes, Subversion, Resistance. Berg, Charles Ramírez. University of Texas Press. 2002

Chicana Power: Contested Histories of Feminism in the Chicano Movement. Blackwell, Maylei. University of Texas Press. 2011

Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma. 20th Anniversary Updated Edition. Castillo, Ana. University of New Mexico Press. 2014

So Far from God: A Novel.  Castillo, Ana. Norton. 2005

Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories. Cisneros, Sandra. Vintage Contemporaries. 1992

Caramelo, or, Puro cuento. Cisneros, Sandra. Knopf. 2002

Palomar: The Heartbreak Soup Stories. Hernandez, Gilbert. Fantagraphics.  2003

The Girl from H.O.P.P.E.R.S. Hernandez, Jaime. Fantagraphics. 2007

Maggie the Mechanic. Hernandez, Jaime. Fantagraphics. 2007

Half the World in Light: New and Selected Poems. Herrera, Juan Felipe. University of Arizona Press. 2008

187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross The Border. Herrera, Juan Felipe. City Lights Publishers. 2007

Hidden Chicano Cinema: Film Dramas in the Borderlands. Meléndez, Gabriel A. Rutgers University Press. 2013

Loving in the War Years. 2nd ed. Moraga, Cherrie. South End Press. 2000

A Xicana Codex of Changing Consciousness: Writings, 2000-2010. Moraga, Cherrie. Duke University Press Books. 2011

Retrospace: Collected Essays on Chicano Literature. Bruce-Novoa, Juan. Arte Publico. 1990

Warrior for Gringostroika: Essays, Performance Texts, and Poetry. Gomez-Pena, Guillermo. Graywolf Press. 1993

Border Matters: Remapping American Cultural Studies. Saldivar, José David. University of California Press. 1997

Instructor prepared materials

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