University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
Curriculum Proposal Form #4A
Change in an Existing Course
Type of Action (check all that apply)
Course Revision (include course description & former and new syllabus)
Contact Hour Change and or Credit Change
Diversity Option
General Education Option
area: Select one: *
Grade Basis
Repeatability Change
Other:
* Note:
For the Gen Ed option, the proposal should address how this course relates to specific core courses, meets the goals of General
Education in providing breadth, and incorporates scholarship in the appropriate field relating to women and gender.
Effective Term: 2107 (Fall 2010)
Current Course Number (subject area and 3-digit course number): Chicano/English 200
Current Course Title:
Chicano Literature 200: Historical Content and Contemporary Text
Sponsor(s):
Pilar Melero
Department(s):
Languages and Literatures
College(s):
Letters and Sciences
List all programs that are affected by this change:
English, Race and Ethnic Cultures, GH and Diversity
If programs are listed above, will this change affect the Catalog and Advising Reports for those
programs? If so, have Form 2's been submitted for each of those programs?
(Form 2 is necessary to provide updates to the Catalog and Advising Reports)
NA
Yes
Proposal Information:
They will be submitted in the future
(Procedures for form #4A)
I.
Detailed explanation of changes (use FROM/TO format)
FROM: Identifies and interprets Chicano literature in a social and historical context with emphasis on
contemporary texts. All Spanish language texts are provided in translation. (Also offered as Chicano 200
by Chicano Studies).
TO: Identifies and interprets Chican@ literature in a social and historical context with emphasis on texts
written before 1980. All Spanish language texts are provided in translation. (Also offered as Chican@
200 by Race and Ethnic Cultures).
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II.
Justification for action: When the course was created in the 1970s, the literature examined
was contemporary. New literature has been created in the Chican@ field, which will become
the content of Chican@ 201, our “contemporary” Chican@ literature course. The course
description also accommodates the name of the other program under which the course is
offered. Chican@ studies is now part of Race and Ethnic Cultures.
III.
Syllabus/outline (if course revision, include former syllabus and new syllabus)
FORMER SYLLABUS:
SYLLABUS
Dr. de Onis
Chicano Studies 200
Contemporary Chicano Literature
Office Hours Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:05 p.m. to 7:45 p.m.
Wednesdays
2:00 to 6 p.m.
Appointment anytime
467 Heide Hall
Telephone: 472-3173
Textbook(s): Villareal, Pocho
Anaya, Bless Me Última
Portillo, Rain of Scorpions
Rulfo, The Burning Plain
The purpose of this course is to become more sensitive to U.S. and Hispano cultural values and
ideals.
HOW YOUR GRADE IS DETERMINED
1. A mid-term examination.
2. A final examination.
3. Only 2 excused or unexcused absences are allowed. After the second absence, grade will
be lowered one letter grade.
COMING LATE TO CLASS WILL CONSTITUTE AN ABSENCE.
4. No make-ups for either the mid-term or the final.
5. Exams are essay in format.
6. Final exam will be given according to the published timetable schedule unless otherwise
specified.
7. Lateral talking will not be tolerated.
NEW SYLLABUS
CONTEMPORARY CHICANO LITERATURE 200
(ENGLISH 200)
Fall, 2009
Professor: Dr. Pilar Melero
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melerop@uww.edu
Office: 467 Heide Hall
Telephone: 272-3173
Office Hours: Monday-Wednesday: 2-3 p.m. and by appointment
Texts:
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Bless me Ultima. Rudolfo Anaya. Berkeley, CA: Tonatiuh-Quinto Sol, 1994
Herencia. An Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States. Nicolás Kanellos
(ed.) New York: Oxford University Press. 2002.
Rain of Scorpions. Portillo Trambley, Estela. Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press, 1992.
Other: handouts and D2L materials
All texts are available in textbook rental unless otherwise specified
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Course Objective:
To analyze contemporary Chicano drama, fiction and poetry within their cultural and historical
context.
Course Components:
1. Exams (50% of the final grade)
There will be three exams as outlined in the course calendar.
2. Final Exam (15 % of the final grade)
A 5+-page paper to be turned in on Wednesday, December 16, on or before 8
p.m. Topic TBA.
4. Homework (15%) attendance and active class participation (10%) = (20 % of the
final grade). Late homework will NOT be accepted.
5. Culture (10% of final grade). Students are required to attend three cultural events
related to the Hispanic culture (on or off campus) and turn in a one-page reaction paper
for each event. Events include, but are not limited to, speakers, cultural events, movies,
museum visits, art expositions, and plays. Please see cultural events calendar in D2L.
Also, see instructions on how to do assignment, also on D2L.
Grading Scale
B+
C+
D+
87-89
77-79
67-69
A
93-100
A-
90-92
B
C
D
F
84-86
74-76
64-66
0-59
BCD-
80-83
70-73
60-63
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students to familiarize themselves qith University policies regarding Special Accommodations,
Misconduct, Religious Beliefs Accommodation, Discrimination and Absence for UniversitySponsored Events. (For details please refer to the Undergraduate and Graduate Timetables; the
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“Rights and Responsibilities” section of the Undergraduate Bulletin; the Academic
Requirements and Policies and the Facilities and Services sections of the Graduate Bulletin; and
the “Student Academic Disciplinary Procedures” [UWS Chapter 14]; and the “Student
Nonacademic Disciplinary Procedures” [UWS Capter 17] ).
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Chican@ literature 200/English 200
Fall 2009
Calendar (Subject to change)
Dr. Melero
Date
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept. 16
Sept. 23
Sept. 30
Oct. 7
Assignment
Class discussion
Definitions
Introduction to
“Where you from?”
course
“Ode to my Spirits”
Defining
“Hecho en Texas”
“Chicano” and
other terms
Identity and the
Chicano
IV.
Read: Herencia, pp. 1-32
An overview of
Turn in a one-page summary.
Hispanic
literature in the
United States
Exam I handed
out
The literature of
EXAM I DUE IN CLASS
Read: Herencia, pp. 35-58
exploration and
Turn in a comment on how the views on exploration and
colonization
colonization expressed here are similar or different to what you
have been thought about the subject.
I do NOT want summaries.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, search it, read it, on the Web. The Treaty of
Guadalupe
Read: Herencia, pp. 106-129
Hidalgo;
Turn in a comment on how the readings relate to The Treaty of Seguín,
Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Ramírez, de la
Guerra, Cortina,
Murieta, Billy
the Kid, and
The Squatter
and the Don.
CULTURE 1 Due (In D2L)
Documentary: “A Class Apart” An American Experience.
Roots of
Watch film on-line at:
resistance
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/class/introduction Exam II posted
Turn in a commentary on what the trial meant for the rights of in D2L
Mexican-Americans and Chican@s in the U.S. Participate in
D2L discussion about the movie.
EXAM II DUE IN CLASS
Militant
Read: Herencia, pp. Turn in one comment paragraph for reading Aesthetics: Yo
stating what the poem meant for Chican@ identity and for
Soy Joaquin/I
the Chican@ movement. Print and bring to class the D2L
am Joaquin
questionnaire on the reading.
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Oct. 14
Oct. 21
Oct. 28
Read In D2L: “Aztlán” and “In Search of Aztlán.” Print and
bring to class the discussion questions about Aztlán. Turn in one
comment about Aztlán as a mythological place of origin and
what it means to Chican@ identity.
Read: “Rain of Scorpions” (the story in the book by the same
name,) by Estela Portillo Trambley.
V.
Nov. 4
CULTURE 2 Due (in D2L)
The Chican@
Movement in
Wisconsin
Aztlán
Estela Portillo
Trambley
Rain of
Scorpions
Movie: TBA. Participate in D2L discussion about the movie.
Movie, TBA.
Exam 3
posted in D2L
Nov. 11
Nov. 18
Dec. 2
EXAM THREE DUE IN CLASS
“The Paris Gown” (In Rain of Scorpions)
Read: Bless Me Última (Introduction and chapters 1 through 7)
VI.
Read: Bless Me Última (Chapters 8 through 13)
Dec. 9
“The Parys
Gown”
Bless Me
Última
Bless Me
Última
Bless Me Última
CULTURE 3 Due (in D2L)
Read: Bless Me Última (Chapters 14-22)
Final exam: A 5+-page research paper to be turned in on Wednesday, Dec. 16 before 8 p.m.
Topic and details TBA, but related to readings not covered in other exams.
VII.
Bibliography:
Anaya, Rudolfo. Bless me Última. Barleley, California: TQS Publications, 1972.
Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature of the United States. Kanellos, Nicolás, Kenya
Dworkin-Mendez, and José B. Fernández, eds. Houston: Arte Público Press, 2002.
Feminism, Nation and Myth: La Malinche. Amanda Nolacea Harris and Rolando Romero, eds.
Houston: Arte Público Press, 2005.
Fusco, Coco. English Is Broken Here: Notes on Cultural Fusion in the Americas. New York:
New Press, 1995.
González, Juan. Harvest of Empire. A History of Latinos in America: New York: Viking, 2000.
González, Manuel G. Mexicanos. A History of Mexicans in the United States. Bloomington and
Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2002.
González, Ray. The Ghost of John Wayne and Other Stories. Arizona University Press, 2001.
Herencia. The Anthology of Hispanic Literature in the United States. Nicolás Kanellos, ed.
Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
McCracken, Ellen. New Latina Narrative: The Feminine Space of Postmodern Ethnicity. Tucson:
University of Arizona Press, 1999.
Márquez, Benjamín. LULAC. The Evolution of a Mexican-American Organization. Austin:
University of Texas Press, 1993.
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Morales, Ed. Living in Spaniglish. New York: St. Martins, 2002.
Oommen, T.K. Citizenship, Nationality and Ethnicity. Reconciling Competing Identities.
Cambridge: Polity Press, 1997.
Palomo Acosta, Teresa and Ruth Winegarten. Las Tejanas. 300 Years of History. Austin:
University of Texas Press, 2004.
Portillo Trambley, Estela. Rain of Scorpions. Berkeley, Calif.: Tonatiuh International, 1975.
Portillo Trambley, Estela. Sor Juana and Other Plays. Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press/Editorial
Bilingüe, 1983.
Paredes, Américo. Folklore and Culture on the Texas-Mexican Border: Austin: University of
Texas Press, 1993.
Rodríguez, Joseph and Walter Sava. Latinos in Milwaukee. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2006.
Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, Volume VI. Antonia Castañeda and Gabriel A.
Meléndez, eds. Houston: Arte Público Press, 2006.
Ruiz de Burton, María Amparo. The Squatter and the Don. (1885, first ed.) Rosaura Sánchéz and
Betrice Pita, eds. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press, 1995.
Ruiz, Vicky L. From Out of the Shadows. Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America. New
York: Oxford University Press, 2008.
Sánchez, Rosaura: Chicano Discourse. Socio-Historic Perspectives. Houston: Arte Público Press:
1994.
Sava, Walter and Anselmo Villarreal: Latinos in Waukesha. Chicago: Arcadia Publishing.
Stevens, Ilan. The Hispanic Condition: Reflections on Culture & Identity in America. New York:
Harper Collins, 1995.
The Account: Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca’s Relación. Martin A. Favata and Jose B. Fernandez,
translators. Houston: Arte Público Press, 1993.
Tovar, Héctor. Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish Speaking
United States. New York: Riverhead Books, 2005
Ulibarrí, Sabine R. Mi abuela fumaba puros y otros cuentos de Tierra Amarilla/ My grandma smoked
cigars and other stories of Tierra Amarilla / [illustrations: Dennis Martínez. Berkeley, California:
Quinto Sol, 1977.
Varela, Felix: Jiconténcatl: Houston: Arte Público Press, 1995.
Vázquez, Francisco H. and Torres, Rodolfo D. Latino/a Thought. Culture, Politics and Society.
Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2003.
Women’s Tales from the New Mexico WPA. La Diabla a Pie. Tey Diana Rebolledo and Maria
Teresa Márquez, eds. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press, 2000.
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