INGL 6049

Some of the primary introductory, contextual and critical readings for this course are the following:



The primary literary texts to be analyzed in the course include the following:

Latinos in the US – What Everyone Needs to Know – Ilan Stavans

And the Earth Did Not Devour Him – Tomas Rivera

Bless Me, Ultima – Rudolfo Anaya

Borderlands/La Frontera – Gloria Anzaldúa

Caramelo or Puro Cuento – Sandra Cisneros

So Far From God – Ana Castillo

Hunger of Memory – Richard Rodríguez

Zoot Suit – Luis Valdez

Memoirs of Bernardo Vega – B. Vega

A Nation of Women – Luisa Capetillo

Down These Mean Streets – Piri Thomas

America’s Dream – Esmeralda Santiago

The Cruel Country – Judith Ortiz Cofer

Dreaming in Cuban – Cristina García

Spared Angolas – Virgil Suarez

In the Time of the Butterflies – Julia Alvarez

Mañana te escribiré otra vez – Minou Tavarez Mirabal

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Díaz

Critcal Articles on Authors/Works

On Tomas Rivera

On Richard Rodriguez

On Gloria Anzaldua

On Sandra Cisneros

On Luis Valdez

On Piri Thomas

On Esmeralda Santiago

On Judith Ortiz Cofer

On Miguel Piñero

On Lin Manuel Miranda

On Cristina García

On Virgil Suarez

On Junot Diaz

On Julia Alvarez