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COURSE SYLLABUS: Chicano Poetry


Course Title: CP460 – Chicano Poetry
Department: Chicano Studies
Instructor: Dr. John D. Theodore, Ph.D., D.B.A., CMC - E-Mail - Vita


Course Description:
This course examines vital areas in the poetry area of the Chicano culture because poetry has always been an integral part of the Hispanic culture in Latin America. The selected poetry classifications in the course cover every aspect of Chicano life: family, love, poverty, death, aspirations, etc.

Required book: Online Bookstore

Chicano Poetics: Heterotexts and Hybridities, by Alfred Arteaga, Albert Gelpi, and Ross Posnock Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN-13: 9780521574921 ISBN: 0521574927

Course Requirements:
  1. Mid-term Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Final Exam. Essay. 2-4 pages. The student must contact the professor to arrange for the topic. 25%
  1. Term Paper. The topic will be selected by the student. APA Style. Minimum eight references. 50%
Grading Scale:

90 - 100%
80 - 89.99%
70 - 79.99%
60 - 69.99%
below 60% 		A
B
C
D
F


Grading:
Your grade in this course will be based on the following:

Mid-term Exam
Final Exam
Term Paper 		25%
25%
50%


SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Week #1
Chapter 1. Canto Primero.
Chapter 2. Mestizaje/Difrasismo.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #2
Chapter 3 Respuesta a Frida.
Chapter 4. Heterotextual Reproductions.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #3
Chapter 5. Tricks of Grendr Xing.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #4
Chapter 6. Net Laguna.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Mid-term Examination

Week #5
Chapter 7. An Other Tongue.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #6
Chapter 8. Beasts

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Week #7
Chapter 9. Small Sea Europe
Chapter 10. Blood Points.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of each chapter.

Week #8
Chapter 11.Lake Epic, Post Postmodern.

Submit to the professor via e-mail a 1-2-page summary of the chapter.

Submit Final Exam
Submit the Term Paper