Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionThis course is an introduction to the writing of Latino Americans and Latin Americans. It will explore Latino and Latin American literature by writers in the United States and Latin America, tracing the origins of Latino works to the literature and culture of various Latin American countries, and then showing the way in which Latino literature emerged as a distinct artistic form in the United States. Literature will be selected from a variety of genres including short stories, memoirs, novels, poems, and plays, and will exemplify the richness and diversity that give Latin American and Latino literature their appeal. Readings will emphasize the humanistic values that make literature a unifying and universalizing force in the world and will be studied within their historical, political, social, economic, and geographical contexts. By examining the connection between Latino and Latin American literature, students will learn more about the shared ground inherent in both groups. 