Giron (Montgomery College)

General Information

Abstract

HP251-4021 is a Tutorial in Humanities, which will examine the Hispanic Experience in American Literature. Individuals enrolled in the course will meet with me on a weekly basis to receive personal instruction and guidance. The course will also include a historical perspective of United States Hispanics, to include history and culture of Spain, Native America, and the United States.

Methods

The methods used in the course will include discussion, lecture, tutoring, group sessions, films/videos/slides, and guest lectures.

Goals

Students will:

1. Be able to understand and write about the influence of literature in promoting images of Hispanics.

2. Acquire an understanding of the Hispanic culture and a better understanding of Hispanic Americans.

3. Acquire an awareness of the cultural and social concerns of Hispanic women in the United States.

4. Become familiar with the scholarship on women and minorities by reading critical writings about their literature.

5. Examine and display their understanding of the different literary modes of writing papers of analysis.

Grading

You will be required to write three (3) papers of analysis and complete a special project. Meet with me to discuss your topic for the project. The project may be a creative endeavor, a research paper, or an undertaking you consult me about.

Journals

You will be expected to keep a summary journal (in a separate notebook) based on the readings and audio-visual materials to be discussed in the course. Write a short summary of the articles/films discussed, and also include your thoughts and observations. Remember to pay close attention to how Hispanics are viewed and treated and how they view themselves and their environment. I will collect your journal three times during the semester to evaluate your progress and will assign a grade at the end of the semester.

Texts

HA#l = Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 1

HA#2 = Heath Anthology of American Literature, Volume 2

Readings

Weeks 1 &2

Orientation

"Christians, Jews & Moslems in Medieval Spain" TV318 (located in the Learning Lab)

Week #3

HA#l: "This Newly Created World " p. 25; "Talk Concerning the First Beginning " p. 26; "The Coming of the Spanish and the Pueblo Revolt " p. 52; "Christopher Columbus"--from Journal of the First Voyage to America p. 69; "from The History of New Mexico" pp. 121-125

Week #4

HA#l: "The Pueblo Indian Revolt and Spanish Reconquest, 1680- 1692 " pp. 431-445; "Fray Carlos José Delgado " pp. 756-761; "Two Mexican-American Oral Tales"; "Tales from the Hispanic Southwest" pp. 1228-1238

Week #5

Film- "Ride the Pink Horse" (1947)

HA#l: "Address to the First Annual Meeting of the American Equal Rights Association" pp. 1914-1915; "An Account of the Gold Rush" pp. 1952-1964; "Native American Oral Poetry " pp. 2641-2643/2663-2666

Week #6

Filmstrip/cassette: "The Spanish Heritage in the U. S." E184.575S6 (located in the Learning Lab)

HA#2: "Corridos" pp.789-813; Zitkala-Sa , "Why I Am a Pagan" p. 921; John Steinbeck , "Flight" pp. 1699-1771; Rolando Hinojosa-Smith , "Sometimes It Just Happens That Way; That's All" pp. 1948-1957

Week #7

Filmstrip/cassette: "Roots of Spanish American Literature" PQ7087.E5 R6 (located in the Learning Lab)

HA#2: "from And the Earth Did Not Devour Him" Tomás Rivera pp. 2056-2064

Aurora Levins Morales pp. 2175-2179

Week #8

HA#2: Bernice Zamora pp. 2491-2494

Simon Ortiz pp. 2496-2501

Week #9

HA#2: Pedro Pietri pp. 2509-2519 Víctor Hernández Cruz pp. 2523-2537

Week #12

Film: "Border Incident" (1949)

HA#2: Garrett Hongo pp. 2550-2552/2556-2559

Week #11

Book and Film: The Milagro Beanfield War (1988) TV297 (located in the Learning Lab)

Week #12

HA#2: Tato Laviera pp. 2562-2566

Film: "Zoot Suit" (1981)

Week #14

HA#2: Judith Ortiz Cofer pp. 2568-2572

Gary Soto pp. 2572-2578

Week #15

Film: La Bamba (1987)

HA#2: Lorna Dee Cervantes pp. 2579-2584