This course is part of the post-intermediate, 300-level program that forms the introduction to the major or minor in Spanish. Students may begin with any one of the three or they may be taken concurrently. A course that would analyze the history of the Hispanic presence in what is today known as the United States, since the period of the Spanish exploration and colonization of North America to the present. We will be examining the writing of native, immigrant and exile Hispanics in the context of the geographical, political and societal borders that exist between U.S. mainstream society (black and white) and other sectors of society. Prerequisite: Completion of the intermediate level or equivalent.
