SNH 5026: Hispanic Children's and Adolescent Literature
This course is a critical study of the contemporary narratives of a selected and diverse group of Hispanic authors. In their work, these authors portray literary creations that are girls, boys, and/or young women and men going through a process of physical and emotional development (from childhood or adolescence into maturity). These characters must go through rites of passage that alter their social relationships and propel their transitions into a new social status. In addition, some of these characters are transnational migrants, that is, displaced subjects moving from one country to another, thus having to deal with two different cultural environments. Emphasis will be placed in the development of a critical thinking of such literary work, and a better understanding of the politics of social rituals in the development of identity in children and adolescents.Course meeting times: M-F, 9:40 AM-12:40 PM Modules Week 1 (July 13-17) Rites of passage and the Bildungsroman Week 2 (July 20-24) Through the eyes of children: Poetry and the Short Story Week 3 (July 27-31) US Hispanic writers and the �coming of age� phenomenon
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