Courses / Module

• Identify key issues in Chicana/o culture; examine key developments in Chicana/o literature from the 1960s to the present.
• Describe different types of Chicana/o literature, from early testimonial literature to more recent women’s writing.
• Distinguish between different tendencies in Chicana/o literature and debate issues such as the use of autobiography in Chicana/o literature.
• Categorise texts in the light of different eras and literary styles; Explain how paratextual issues have been reflected in the evolution of Chicana/o literature.
• Critique and evaluate texts in lectures and tutorials with reference to theories of Chicana/o literary theory; explain the importance of issues such as code switching.
• Write a textual analysis and essay, making convincing arguments based on reading of primary and secondary material and explaining key issues in Chicana/o literature relevant to the text in question.

• 1 lecture hour per week

• Module Graded (numeric value) or Ungraded (Pass/Not Passed): Graded
• Continuous Assessment detail(s): Continuous Assessment : participation in class, written assignment
• Other detail(s): none

• Pass standard: 40%
• Could the result of this module be capped? No
• pass standard applies
• Penalties: Penalties for late submission of assignments will be applied. For details see the Department of Spanish Student Handbook

• See Department of Spanish Student Handbook for details of repeat essay submission in Autumn.

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