| Date |
Before Class, You Should |
In Class, We Will |
Due in Class: |
| Week One M 1/12 A Brief History of the Americas |
~ Make introductions and go over
the syllabus ~ Discuss labels, "political correctness," and authenticity ~ Assign groups and introduce the Voices from the Gaps assignment in the Computer Classroom (MOS 319) ~ Meet in groups |
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| Week Two M 1/19 |
NO CLASS IN HONOR OF |
DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. |
KEEP READING |
| Week Three M 1/26 Native Voices and the Literature of the Southwest |
~ Read "Overview" (H 1);
Anonymous (H 115); Otero (H 120); Ruiz de Burton (H 123); Otero-Warren
(H 188); Tenayuca and Brooks (H 156); González (H 162); Villegas
de Magnon (H 425) ~ Read Anaya (1-141) |
~ Introduce Mexican-American
literature ~ Discuss readings ~ Discuss the relationship between literature and place ~ Watch The Ballad of Gregoria Cortez (excerpts) |
~ SW 1, 2 |
| Week Four M 2/2 |
~ Finish Anaya ~ Read Ríos (H 331) ~ Study the geography of South America |
~ Discuss the novel ~ Watch The Milagro Beanfield Wars (excerpts) ~ Take our first MAP QUIZ on the geography of South America |
~ SW 3 |
| Week Five M 2/9 Goddesses of the Americas |
~ Read Mora, "Curandera" (H 329)
and "Cuarteto Mexicano" (reserve);
Alurista, "must be the season of the
witch" (H 205); Corpi, "Marina Mother" (PLEASE
NOTE PAGE CHANGE FROM PRINTED SYLLABUS H 493); Cisneros,
"Woman
Hollering Creek" (reserve); Villanueva,
"Weeping Woman" (reserve);
Fernádez, (H 308) |
~ Discuss La Llorona, La
Malinche, la Virgen de Guadalupe, and the curandera |
~ SW 4 |
| Week Six M 2/16 |
NO CLASS IN HONOR OF |
PRESIDENTS DAY |
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| T 2/17 MONDAY/TUESDAY CLASS EXCHANGE DAY; MONDAY CLASSES MEET The Literature of the Chicano/a Movement El Movimiento |
~ Read Gonzales (H 195);
Méndez (H 199); Valdez (H 222); Rivera (H 301); |
~ Discuss the relationship
between politics and literature ~ Watch And the Earth Did Not Devour Him |
~ SW 5 ~ Paper I |
| Week Seven M 2/23 |
~ Read Cisneros (all of it); Cervantes (H 326); Galarza (H 465) | ~ Discuss Chicana literature ~ Watch "Chicana" ~ Discuss Latino/a Urban Literature |
~ SW 6 |
| Week Eight M 3/1 The Literature of Immigration |
~ Read Thomas (3-154) ~ Study the geography of the Caribbean |
~ Discuss the readings ~ Introduce the Literature of Immigration ~ Take our second MAP QUIZ on the geography of the Caribbean |
~ SW 7 |
| Week Nine M 3/8 |
~ Finish Thomas |
~ Discuss readings ~ Watch Mi Vida Loca (excerpts) |
~ SW 8 ~ Paper II |
| 15-20
March |
SPRING
BREAK |
WOO HOO! | |
| Week Ten M 3/22 |
~ Read Laviera (H 244); Moraga
(H 247); Anzaldúa (H 254); Levins Morales (H 269); Limón
(H 280); |
~ Discuss the relationships
among ethnicity, language, race, and nation |
~ SW 9 |
| Week Eleven M 3/29 |
~ Read Mohr (H 241);
Pietri (H 212); Algarín (H 220); Piñero (H 238); Cruz
(320); |
~ Discuss the Nuyorican Poets ~ Introduce the Literature of Exile |
~ SW 10 |
| Week Twelve M 4/5 The Literature of Exile |
~ Read
García (H 503);
Hijuelos (H 271); Cofer (H 314); ~ Read Allende, My Invented Country (reserve) |
~ Discuss readings |
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| Week Thirteen M 4/12 |
~ Read Alvarez (3-168) | ~ Discuss readings |
~ SW 11 ~ Paper III ~ Last day to turn in EXTRA CREDIT |
| Week Fourteen M 4/19 |
~ Finish Alvarez ~ Read Alvarez, "Our Papers" (reserve) |
~ Discuss readings ~ Go to the Computer Classroom (MOS 319) to submit Voices from the Gaps author pages |
~ SW 12 ~ Voices from the Gaps author pages |
| Week Fifteen M 4/26 |
PLEASE
NOTE CHANGE FROM PRINTED SYLLABUS ~ Read Martínez, various poems and Mother Tongue (reserve); Menchú, I, Rigoerta Menchú (reserve); Valenzuela (H 611); Sepúlveda (H 614) ~ Study the geography of Central America |
~ Discuss the Literature of
Central and South America ~ Take our third MAP QUIZ on the geography of Central America ~Watch (excerpts); "Rigoberta Menchu: Broken Silence" |
~ SW 13 |
| FINALS WEEK 5/3 |
~ TAKE THE FINAL EXAM | ~ SW 14 |