LIT 149 - Introduction to Chicana/o/x Literature

    Recent Professors
    jasrodriguez@riohondo.edu, zjensen@riohondo.edu, algarcia@riohondo.edu, npvilla@riohondo.edu
    Recent Semesters
    Summer 2026, Summer 2025, Summer 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022
    Class Size
    Not published
    Credits
    3
    Prerequisite
    ENGL C1000
    Summer 2026 Sections
    View Summer 2026 sections of LIT 149
    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course explores a range of Chicana/o/x literature, with a focus on major texts from 1848 to the present. Course reading and writing assignments explore major cultural themes, including identity issues. Assigned readings may comprise a variety of forms and genres including essays, poetry, fiction, oral histories, corridos, and autobiography by writers from the Southwest. This course is designed for students interested in exploring various forms genres of literature, learning more about Chicana/o/x cultural expression, and/or majoring in Chicana/o/x Studies.
    Usually Held
    Tue Wed Thu 11:25am–1:30pm, Tue Wed Thu 11:25am–1:35pm, Tue Wed Thu 11:25am–1:40pm, Wed 7:00pm–10:10pm