MCCCD Program Description

The Mexican American Novel

Course: CCS212

First Term: 2016 Spring

Lecture 3 Credit(s) 3 Period(s) 3 Load
Subject Type: Academic
Load Formula: S

Description: A study of the social, historical, and cultural backgrounds as well as the form and content of the Mexican American novel

MCCCD Official Course Competencies
1. Identify and describe the origins of the Mexican-American novel. (I) 2. Identify and describe the depiction of the Mexican-American in American literature. (I) 3. Identify, describe, and analyze significant contributions to the Mexican-American novel by Mexican-Americans of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. (II) 4. Identify, describe, and analyze significant contributions to the genre of the Mexican-American novel by Mexican-American writers from World War II to 1960. (III) 5. Identify, describe, and analyze the major works and authors of the Mexican-American novel since 1960. (IV-VIII) 6. Identify, describe, and analyze the types of Mexican-American novels in terms of social, historical, and cultural background, values, ethics, belief systems, characteristics, and themes. (II-VIII)
MCCCD Official Course Competencies must be coordinated with the content outline so that each major point in the outline serves one or more competencies. MCCCD faculty retains authority in determining the pedagogical approach, methodology, content sequencing, and assessment metrics for student work. Please see individual course syllabi for additional information, including specific course requirements.

MCCCD Official Course Outline
I. Origins and Depictions of the Mexican American Novel A. Social, historical, and cultural background B. The Mexican-American in American Literature II. Mexican-American Novel of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries A. Social, historical, and cultural background 1. Values 2. Ethics 3. Belief systems B. Characteristics and themes C. Major works and authors III. Mexican American Novel from World War II to 1960 A. Social, historical, and cultural background 1. Values 2. Ethics 3. Belief systems B. Characteristics and themes C. Major works and authors IV. Mexican American Novel of the 1960s A. Social, historical, and cultural background 1. Values 2. Ethics 3. Belief systems B. Characteristics and themes C. Major works and authors V. Mexican American Novel of the 1970s A. Social, historical, and cultural background 1. Values 2. Ethics 3. Belief systems B. Characteristics and themes C. Major works and authors VI. Mexican American Novel of the 1980s A. Social, historical, and cultural background 1. Values 2. Ethics 3. Belief systems B. Characteristics and themes C. Major works and authors VII. Mexican American Novel of the 1990s A. Social, historical, and cultural background 1. Values 2. Ethics 3. Belief systems B. Characteristics and themes C. Major works and authors VIII. Mexican American Novel of the Twenty-First Century A. Social, historical, and cultural background 1. Values 2. Ethics 3. Belief systems B. Characteristics and themes C. Major works and authors

MCCCD Governing Board Approval Date: 12/11/2001

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