LIT 117H - Mexican Literature in Translation Honors

    Recent Professors
    zjensen@riohondo.edu, algarcia@riohondo.edu
    Recent Semesters
    Spring 2024, Spring 2022, Spring 2021
    Class Size
    8–10 students
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ENGL C1000
    Spring 2024 Sections
    View Spring 2024 sections of LIT 117H
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course explores a range of Mexican literature in English translation, with a focus on major literary influences and achievements from the pre-Hispanic era to the twentieth century. Course reading and writing assignments explore indigenous literatures and myths, chronicles of the Spanish conquest, literature of the colonial period, high culture and folklore of the eighteenth century, political and modernist literature of the nineteenth century, and poetry and prose of the twentieth century. This course is designed for students interested in exploring various genres of literature and/or interested in learning more about Mexican cultural expression, and students majoring in Chicano Studies. This course is designed for students eligible for the Honors Program.
    Usually Held
    Mon 2:20pm–5:30pm, Mon 7:00pm–10:10pm