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Tuesday, January 28, 2020 Alongside the essays about the use of “Latinx” (discussed in my previous blog), ENGL 3952 will be using Jeffrey Cohen’s “Monster Culture (Seven Theses)” and an excerpt from J. Jack Halberstam’s Skin Shows as theoretical frameworks for the course. Particularly useful as a connecting thread between both sets of essays isContinue reading “What are Monsters?: Why do we write them? Why do we love them?”

Thursday, January 23, 2020 This week, our class began its examination of monsters and hauntings in Latinx literature by laying a foundation for U.S. Latinx literature and the use of the term itself. For this introductory week, I assigned three essays: Nicole M. Guidotti-Hernández’s “Affective Communities and Millennial Desires; Latinx, or Why My Computer Won’tContinue reading “What is Latinx?”

Tuesday, January 21, 2020 The spring 2020 semester started today and our “Monsters, Hauntings, and the Nation” class had its introductory meeting. I asked students to tell each other a little about themselves: their major and year, why they were taking the course and what they were hoping to learn, and a book or filmContinue reading “Day 1: Introductions & Syllabus”

Wednesday, January 15, 2020 Welcome to ENGL 3952: Special Topics in Latinx Literature and Culture. This semester our topic is “Monsters, Hauntings, and the Nation.” This course introduces students to the varied and rich history of representations of horror, trauma, violence, and monstrosity in Latinx culture. The horror genre has conquered the contemporary literary andContinue reading “Welcome!”