SPAN 365: The Chicano Narrative.
Focuses on the reading and analysis of selected Chicano writers whose literary works have left a distinctive mark on Chicano Literature. Emphasizes the understanding of Chicano cosmology (society, culture, behavior and values) through the literary texts. No prior knowledge of Spanish required. (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing).
Minimum units: 4
MLO 1 Language Proficiency.
Students are able to communicate effectively in Spanish in three modes: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational, and in a culturally appropriate manner in a variety of social and professional settings and circumstances at the Advanced Low level of language proficiency, according to ACTFL Guidelines.
1.1 Speaking ability: The student is able to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations and routine school and work requirements. Can communicate facts and talk casually about topics of current public and personal interest, using general vocabulary. The student can be understood without difficulty by native speakers.
1.2 Listening ability: The student is able to understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of topics beyond the immediacy situation.
1.3 Reading ability: The student is able to read prose selections of several paragraphs in length, particularly if printed clearly and if prose is in familiar sentence patterns. Reader understands the main ideas and facts but may miss some details.
1.4 Writing ability: The student is able to write routine social correspondence and join sentences in simple discourse of a least several paragraphs in length on familiar topics, and is able to express him/herself simply with some circumlocution. Good control of the most frequently used syntactic structures, but makes frequent errors in producing complex sentences. Writing is understandable to natives not used to the writing of nonnatives.
Course narrative
In this class I learned about Chicano literature from some of the authors and some of their writings such as: "Woman Hollering Creek" (1991) by Sandra Cisneros, "The Mother Tongue" by Demetria Martinez, Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the Universe,(2014) by Benjamin Alire Saénz and "Across of Hundred Mountains (2006)," by Reyna Grande among others. And I had the opportunity with other colleagues to analyze the book ...and the Earth Did Not Devour Him by Tomas Rivera in 1971. In this class I had the opportunity to read closely, with this book I had the opportunity to make a presentation, in which I had to talk about the historical context of this book, make a summary of the book, an analysis and give an interpretation of the history and finish with a conclusion about the analysis. Through these texts, I had the opportunity to return to my high school and middle school years because the stories that are told through these texts are related to my culture and my history.
Focuses on the reading and analysis of selected Chicano writers whose literary works have left a distinctive mark on Chicano Literature. Emphasizes the understanding of Chicano cosmology (society, culture, behavior and values) through the literary texts. No prior knowledge of Spanish required. (Prereq: Junior or Senior Standing).
Minimum units: 4
MLO 1 Language Proficiency.
Students are able to communicate effectively in Spanish in three modes: interpersonal, interpretive, and presentational, and in a culturally appropriate manner in a variety of social and professional settings and circumstances at the Advanced Low level of language proficiency, according to ACTFL Guidelines.
1.1 Speaking ability: The student is able to satisfy the requirements of everyday situations and routine school and work requirements. Can communicate facts and talk casually about topics of current public and personal interest, using general vocabulary. The student can be understood without difficulty by native speakers.
1.2 Listening ability: The student is able to understand main ideas and most details of connected discourse on a variety of topics beyond the immediacy situation.
1.3 Reading ability: The student is able to read prose selections of several paragraphs in length, particularly if printed clearly and if prose is in familiar sentence patterns. Reader understands the main ideas and facts but may miss some details.
1.4 Writing ability: The student is able to write routine social correspondence and join sentences in simple discourse of a least several paragraphs in length on familiar topics, and is able to express him/herself simply with some circumlocution. Good control of the most frequently used syntactic structures, but makes frequent errors in producing complex sentences. Writing is understandable to natives not used to the writing of nonnatives.
Course narrative
In this class I learned about Chicano literature from some of the authors and some of their writings such as: "Woman Hollering Creek" (1991) by Sandra Cisneros, "The Mother Tongue" by Demetria Martinez, Aristotle and Dante Discover the secrets of the Universe,(2014) by Benjamin Alire Saénz and "Across of Hundred Mountains (2006)," by Reyna Grande among others. And I had the opportunity with other colleagues to analyze the book ...and the Earth Did Not Devour Him by Tomas Rivera in 1971. In this class I had the opportunity to read closely, with this book I had the opportunity to make a presentation, in which I had to talk about the historical context of this book, make a summary of the book, an analysis and give an interpretation of the history and finish with a conclusion about the analysis. Through these texts, I had the opportunity to return to my high school and middle school years because the stories that are told through these texts are related to my culture and my history.