English 153/WS 153/ES 153 Fall 2012 Metherd US Latino/a Literature and the Americas Syllabus MF 12:40-2:10, Dante 220 Week One: Introduction Mon. 8/27 Introduce Course Read “University Ave” in class and the corrido “The Battle of Gregorio Cortez” 133 in The Latino Reader Fri. 8/31 Read “We Owe History,” “What is a Hispanic” and “What’s the Problem with Hispanic? Just ask a Latino” Week Two: Mon. 9/3 Fri. 9/7 Settlers and Immigrants Labor Day Holiday Read Juan Gonzalez, “Mexicans: Pioneers of a Different Type” María Amparo Ruíz de Burton from “The Squatter and the Don” 81 and Américo Paredes, “The Hammon and the Beans” 248 Week Three: La Raza Cósmica Mon. 9/10 Read Tomás Rivera, Y no se lo tragó la tierra/And the earth did not devour him 83-129 Fri. 9/14 Rivera, Y no se lo tragó la tierra/And the earth did not devour him 130-152 Corky González, Yo soy Joaquín 266 Week Four: El Teatro Campesino and Chicano Civil Rights Mon. 9/17 Valdez, Los Vendidos in CP Extra Credit performance anyone? Fri. 9/21 Read selection from Valdez, Zoot Suit 364 Zoot Suit film viewing Week Five: Mon. 9/24 Fri. 9/28 Chicano Masculinity Read Villaseñor from Rain of Gold and Delson, “To The Men in The Latino Discussion Groups” in CP Read Munoz Week Six: Mon. 10/1 Fri. 10/5 Chicana Feminism Read Cherríe Moraga 425 and selections from This Bridge Called My Back in CP Read Gloria Anzaldúa “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” 445 and Anzaldua in CP Week Seven: Language and Identity Mon. 10/8 Richard Rodriguez, “The Education of Richard Rodriguez” 392 and Cisneros, “An Offering to the Power of Language” in CP Fri. 10/12 Read Lorna Dee Cervantes “Refugee Ship,” and “Heritage”, Pat Mora “Immigrants”, Martín Espada, ”Revolutionary Spanish Lesson” in CP Paper #1 Due Week Eight: Myths and Memory Mon. 10/15 Cisneros, Woman Hollering Creek 1-67 Fri. 10/19 No Class Midterm Break Week Nine: La Llorona, La Malinche and the Vírgen de Guadalupe Mon. 10/22 Cisneros, Woman Hollering Creek 68-end Fri. 10/26 Finish discussing Cisneros in class. Read: Pat Mora “Coatlicue’s Rules”, “Malinche’s tips” and “Consejos de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe” Week Ten: Mon. 10/29 Fri. 11/2 Nuyorican Writing Creative Assignment #1 Due Read Juan Flores, “Life off the Hyphen: Latino Literature and Nuyorican Traditions” and Juan Gonzalez, “Puerto Ricans: Citizens Yet Foreigners” in CP and Vando in CP and Laviera 378 Read Pietri “Puerto Rican Obituary” 328 and Piñero 349 Week Eleven: Mon. 11/5 View film: Piñero Thurs. 11/8 Attend the Fall Production of Spring Awakening Fri. 11/9 Presentation for the Nuyorican Poets Café Due Week Twelve: Lessons Your Mother Taught You Mon. 11/12 Read Nicholasa Mohr “Aunt Rosana’s Rocker” in CP and Sandra María Esteves “A la Mujer Borrinquena” 384 Fri. 11/16 Helen María Viramontes,“The Cariboo Café” in CP Week Thirteen: A brief stop with Dominican-Americans Mon. 11/19 Read Juan Gonzalez, “Dominicans: From the Duarte to the George Washington Bridge” and excerpt from Diaz’s The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao in CP Tues. 11/20 Paper #2 Due by 5:00 pm. via email Fri. 11/23 No class: Thanksgiving Break Week Fourteen: Cuban-Americans Mon. 11/26 Read Gonzalez, “Cubans: Special Refugees” in CP and Cristina Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban 3-55 Fri. 11/30 Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban 57-160 Week Fifteen: Cuban-Americans Mon. 12/3 Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban 161-209 Fri. 12/7 Garcia, Dreaming in Cuban 209-244 Scheduled final exam time: Wed. 10/12, 2:00-4:00