The Department of Modern and Classical Languages

(MCL)
Announces A New World Cultures and Literatures (WCL) course:

WCL 3362 (33631) U.S. LATINO LITERATURE*

Subtitle and Major Emphasis this Semester:
Latino Writing and the City
TUES. 2:30-5:30, Prof. Marc Zimmerman.

English-language Works of U.S. Puerto Rican,

Chicano, Cuban, Dominican, and Central
American Latino literatures (fiction, poetry,
drama, etc.) related to U.S. and Latin American
literatures and their theoretical frames.
Questions of gender, and other relevant themes.
Among authors to be read: Pedro Pietro, Sandra
Cisneros, Abraham Rodriguez, Junot Diaz, Achy
Obejas, and others.

This course may be taken as

Humanities core credit
It also counts towards the World
Literatures and Cultures and/or
Latin American and/or Mexican
American Studies Minor

Did you know you could take overlapping minors in WCL (Latin American/Latino emphasis), Latin
America Studies (Latin American Cultural Studies emphasis) and Mexican American Studies with
a major in English, Hispanic Studies, History, Political Sciences or some other field? Did you
know you could meet several of the requirements for these minors this fall semester? (YOU CAN
POSSIBLY EARN A WCL MINOR IN ONE SEMESTER COMBINING TWO COURSES YOU’VE
ALREADY HAD--You can “double-dip” twice with your major and/or minor--AND TAKING OTHER
COURSES YOU NEED including WCL 2351 or 2352 and 4351)

Contact Prof. Zimmerman, WCL advisor, at mzimmerman@uh.edu or 33044

*Official title on books (to be changed by Fall 2009: U.S. CARIBBEAN & CENTRAL
AMERICAN LATINO LITERATURES.